A dramatization that describes the voyages of fifteenth-century explorer, Christopher Columbus, including his determination to receive funding in order to find a westward route to Asia and his accidental discovery of a new world.
Provides insights into the explorations of the American frontier through a dramatized interview with Kit Carson in which he discusses his own accomplishments, as well as the activities of such frontiersmen as Daniel Boone, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth.
Describes the explorations, conquests, accomplishments, and failures of sixteenth-century Spanish explorers Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Hernando de Soto in North America.
Presents an "interview" with Christopher Columbus, in which the explorer describes the goals of his four voyages to the New World and discusses their successes and failures, covering such topics as his avoidance of mutiny on his first voyage and his encounters with the Taino, a native people of the Caribbean.
Provides insights into the explorations of the American frontier through a dramatized interview with Kit Carson in which he discusses his own accomplishments, as well as the activities of such frontiersmen as Daniel Boone, Zebulon Pike, Jedediah Smith, and James Beckwourth.
Describes the explorations, conquests, accomplishments, and failures of sixteenth-century Spanish explorers ?lvar N??ez Cabeza de Vaca, Francisco V?squez de Coronado, Juan Ponce de Le?n, and Hernando de Soto in North America.
Provides insights into the explorations of the Portuguese through dramatized interviews with Prince Henry the Navigator, a leader who inspired voyages to the African coast and other uncharted regions of the world; Bartolomeo Dias, who sailed around the southern tip of Africa; and Vasco da Gama, explorer of the Indies.
Provides insights into the explorations of the Vikings through a dramatized interview with Leif Erickson in which he discusses the reasons why the Vikings decided to seek new worlds, the technology of their ships, Erik the Red's attempts to settle in Greenland, and his own efforts to settle in Vinland, now believed to be modern-day Newfoundland.
