Archive - Historian Jacob

Harald and the Hafrsfjord

What Norway’s origin story can teach us about power, propaganda, and long hair.

Jun 21 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

May 2025

April 2025

The Heroic Legacy of Vasco Núñez de Balboa

The rise and fall of Vasco Núñez de Balboa, the daring explorer who crossed the jungle, saw the Pacific, and was beheaded by his own empire.

Apr 18 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

March 2025

The Forgotten Prelude to the Conquest of the New World

A History of the Conquest of the Canary Islands

Mar 28 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

How California Became an Island (on the Map, at Least)

The story of a strange cartographic mistake that lasted centuries

Mar 12 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

February 2025

Frozen in Time: The Children of Llullaillaco and the Inca Ritual of Capacocha

This is not just a story of death, but of belief, devotion, and the Inca world beyond our understanding

Feb 5 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

January 2025

A Shared Paradise

How the Dutch and French split Saint Martin

Jan 16 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

Denmark in the Caribbean

A Forgotten Colonial Legacy

Jan 10 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

May 2024

A visit to the British Cemetery in Buenos Aires

Three Anglo-Argentines that helped shape Argentina

May 23, 2024 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

February 2024

To the podium and beyond

How I ended up as a Beyond the Podium speaker and what comes next

Feb 4, 2024 •

Jacob O'Connor Marvin

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