Book of American Explorers

Episodes

• Preface

  Episode 0 · 2:57
• Book I, The Legends of the Northmen (985‒1008). Part 1, How the Northmen discovered North America

  Episode 1 · 6:32
• Book I, Part 2, The Voyage of Leif the Lucky

  Episode 2 · 4:14
• Book I, Part 3, Leif finds Vines, and goes back to Greenland

  Episode 3 · 2:57
• Book I, Part 4, Thorvald, Leif’s Brother, goes to Vinland

  Episode 4 · 4:46
• Book I, Part 5, Karlsefni’s Adventures

  Episode 5 · 5:08
• Book II, Columbus and his Companions (1492‒1503). Part 1, The First Letter from Columbus

  Episode 6 · 12:51
• Book II, Part 2, The Second Voyage of Columbus

  Episode 7 · 8:47
• Book II, Part 3, Columbus reaches the Mainland

  Episode 8 · 5:16
• Book II, Part 4, Columbus at the Mouth of the Orinoco

  Episode 9 · 3:50
• Book II, Part 5, Columbus thinks himself near the Earthly Paradise

  Episode 10 · 4:51
• Book II, Part 6, Daring Deed of Diego Mendez

  Episode 11 · 7:35
• Book II, Part 7, How Diego Mendez got Food for Columbus

  Episode 12 · 7:15
• Book II, Part 8, How Diego Mendez saved Columbus

  Episode 13 · 12:17
• Book II, Part 9, Appeal of Columbus in his Old Age

  Episode 14 · 5:07
• Book III, Cabot and Verrazzano (1497‒1524). Part 1, First News of John and Sebastian Cabot

  Episode 15 · 3:50
• Book III, Part 2, Sebastian Cabot’s Voyage

  Episode 16 · 6:15
• Book III, Part 3, Verrazzano’s Letter to the King

  Episode 17 · 17:33
• Book IV, The Strange Voyage of Cabeza de Vaca (1528‒1533). Part 1, The Strange Voyage

  Episode 18 · 14:06
• Book IV, Part 2, Cabeza de Vaca saved by Indians

  Episode 19 · 7:16
• Book IV, Part 3, Cabeza de Vaca’s Captivity

  Episode 20 · 5:59
• Book IV, Part 4, The Indians of the Gulf of Mexico

  Episode 21 · 2:58
• Book IV, Part 5, Cabeza de Vaca’s Escape

  Episode 22 · 5:29
• Book V, The French in Canada (1534‒1536). Part 1, Cartier’s Visit to Bay of Chaleur

  Episode 23 · 6:01
• Book V, Part 2, Cartier sets up a Cross

  Episode 24 · 4:04
• Book V, Part 3, Cartier ascends the St. Lawrence

  Episode 25 · 7:59
• Book V, Part 4, How the Indians tried to frighten Cartier

  Episode 26 · 5:13
• Book V, Part 5, How Cartier reached Hochelaga, now Montreal

  Episode 27 · 7:20
• Book V, Part 6, The Festivities at Hochelaga

  Episode 28 · 8:27
• Book VI, Adventures of De Soto (1538‒1542). Part 1, How De Soto set sail

  Episode 29 · 7:01
• Book VI, Part 2, De Soto attacks the Indians, and finds a Fellow Countryman

  Episode 30 · 4:11
• Book VI, Part 3, The Story of John Ortiz

  Episode 31 · 10:28
• Book VI, Part 4, De Soto discovers the Mississippi

  Episode 32 · 7:59
• Book VI, Part 5, De Soto’s Vain Attempts to reach the Sea

  Episode 33 · 6:45
• Book VI, Part 6, Death and Burial of De Soto

  Episode 34 · 5:21
• Book VII, The French in Florida (1562‒1565). Part 1, Jean Ribaut in Florida

  Episode 35 · 12:07
• Book VII, Part 2, Alone in the New World

  Episode 36 · 13:24
• Book VII, Part 3, Laudonnière’s Search for the Colonists

  Episode 37 · 5:47
• Book VII, Part 4, Capture of Fort Caroline by the Spaniards

  Episode 38 · 13:18
• Book VIII, Sir Humphrey Gilbert (1583)

  Episode 39 · 10:49
• Book IX, The Lost Colonies of Virginia (1584‒1590). Part 1, The First Voyage to Virginia

  Episode 40 · 12:23
• Book IX, Part 2, Visit to an Indian Princess

  Episode 41 · 4:50
• Book IX, Part 3, Adventures of the First Virginia Colony

  Episode 42 · 5:54
• Book IX, Part 4, The Second English Colony in Virginia

  Episode 43 · 13:15
• Book IX, Part 5, Search for the Lost Colony

  Episode 44 · 8:20
• Book X, Unsuccessful New England Settlements (1602‒1607). Part 1, Gosnold’s Fort at Cuttyhunk

  Episode 45 · 21:23
• Book X, Part 2, Captain Waymouth explores the Penobscot

  Episode 46 · 18:46
• Book X, Part 3, The Popham Colony on the Kennebec

  Episode 47 · 6:50
• Book X, Part 4, Captain Gilbert’s Adventure with Indians

  Episode 48 · 4:52
• Book XI, Captain John Smith (1606‒1631). Part 1, The Virginia Colony

  Episode 49 · 8:01
• Book XI, Part 2, The Colonists

  Episode 50 · 3:40
• Book XI, Part 3, Captain Smith’s Capture by Indians

  Episode 51 · 7:47
• Book XI, Part 4, Captain Smith and Pocahontas

  Episode 52 · 9:02
• Book XI, Part 5, King Powhatan

  Episode 53 · 3:46
• Book XI, Part 6, A Virginia Princess

  Episode 54 · 2:22
• Book XI, Part 7, An Indian Dance in Virginia

  Episode 55 · 2:34
• Book XI, Part 8, Indian Children

  Episode 56 · 2:57
• Book XI, Part 9, “The Planter’s Pleasure and Profit”

  Episode 57 · 4:10
• Book XI, part 10, The Glories of Fishing

  Episode 58 · 4:16
• Book XI, part 11, Visit of Pocahontas to London

  Episode 59 · 10:24
• Book XI, Part 12, First Buildings of the Virginia Colonists

  Episode 60 · 2:05
• Book XI, Part 13, Captain Smith’s Recollections

  Episode 61 · 2:17
• Book XII, Champlain on the War-Path (1609)

  Episode 62 · 16:10
• Book XIII, Henry Hudson and the New Netherlands (1609‒1626). Part 1, Discovery of the Hudson River

  Episode 63 · 16:52
• Book XIII, Part 2, Indian Traditions of Hudson’s Arrival

  Episode 64 · 10:52
• Book XIII, Part 3, Hudson’s Last Voyage, and how he was set adrift in the Ice

  Episode 65 · 12:55
• Book XIII, Part 4, Dutch Settlement of the New Netherlands

  Episode 66 · 7:27
• Book XIV, The Pilgrims at Plymouth (1620‒1621). Part 1, Sailing of the Pilgrims

  Episode 67 · 3:03
• Book XIV, Part 2, Miles Standish at Cape Cod

  Episode 68 · 10:32
• Book XIV, Part 3, The First Encounter

  Episode 69 · 11:14
• Book, XIV, Part 4, The Landing on Plymouth Rock

  Episode 70 · 2:49
• Book XIV, Part 5, Plymouth Village founded

  Episode 71 · 7:14
• Book XIV, Part 6, “Welcome, Englishmen!”

  Episode 72 · 7:00
• Book XV, The Massachusetts Bay Colony (1629‒1631). Part 1, Voyage of the Massachusetts Colonists

  Episode 73 · 5:35
• Book XV, Part 2, The Puritans in Salem Harbor

  Episode 74 · 4:30
• Book XV, Part 3, The Four Elements in New England

  Episode 75 · 14:02
• Book XV, Part 4, A Sea-Adventure of the Puritans

  Episode 76 · 3:56
• Book XV, Part 5, Governor Winthrop’s Night out of Doors

  Episode 77 · 2:03
• Book XV, Part 6, The Privations of the Puritans

  Episode 78 · 4:34