Cosmos: A Personal Voyage · SEASON 1
Travellers' Tales
Episode 6 · 1980-11-02

- Documentary
Episode overview
Dr. Sagan compares the exhilaration of 17th-century Dutch explorers who ventured in sailing ships halfway around our planet in their quest for wealth and knowledge to an inside view of the excitement around Voyager's expeditions to Jupiter and Saturn. The newly acquired treasures of our present golden age of exploration are the focus of this episode.
60 minutes
Season 1 episodes
1. The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean1980-09-28
2. One Voice in the Cosmic Fugue1980-10-05
3. Harmony of the Worlds1980-10-12
4. Heaven and Hell1980-10-19
5. Blues for a Red Planet1980-10-26
6. Travellers' Tales1980-11-02
7. The Backbone of Night1980-11-09
8. Journeys in Space and Time1980-11-16
9. The Lives of the Stars1980-11-23
10. The Edge of Forever1980-11-30
11. The Persistence of Memory1980-12-07
12. Encyclopedia Galactica1980-12-14
13. Who Speaks for Earth?1980-12-21