1817 with Luke Chilton - General José de San Martín crosses the Andes, the Dandy Horse, Florida Seminole Wars, English botanist Joseph Dalton Hooker

<p>Our very funny friend and honorary Super Genius, Luke Chilton joins Bobby for a deep historical dive of the year 1817 whilst Red is on holiday. An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_San_Mart%C3%ADn" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">José de San Martín</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossing_of_the_Andes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">starts crossing the Andes</a> from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Argentina</a>, to liberate <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Chile</a> and then <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peru" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Peru</a>. German inventor <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Drais" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Karl Drais</a> drives his <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dandy_horse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">dandy horse</a> ("Draisine" or <em>Laufmaschine</em>), the earliest form of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">bicycle</a>, in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Mannheim</a>. The first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Seminole War</a> begins in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Florida</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_cholera_pandemic_(1817%E2%80%9324)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">first cholera pandemic</a>originates in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bengal</a>, reaching <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Calcutta</a> by September. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Dalton_Hooker" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Joseph Dalton