An explorer is someone who travels to places they have not been to before, to learn about them. In this video, meet the explorers who came to the place we now call the United States.

Explore the true stories behind Christopher Columbus, Leif Erikson, and the first Thanksgiving. Learn why Columbus didn’t actually discover America, how Leif Erikson reached North America 500 years earlier, and the realities of the...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at the first record of an explorer circumnavigating the world, this explorer was...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. Part 13

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at English lead explorations such as the voyages made by John Cabot to North...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at attempts by Portugal to build a trade relationship with India. It also looks at...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at the voyages made by chinese men in the 15th century that were sent out by the...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at how the Portuguese tried to reach Asia via Africa. The Age Of Discovery Part 6

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at voyages made by Amerigo Vespucci to South America. The Age Of Discovery Part 9

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at the explorer Vasco da Gama's trade voyages, to India. The Age Of Discovery Part 10

American explorers and pioneers; the first Europeans explored the valleys, rivers and mountains of America. Many set up home there and forced Native Americans out of their original homeland. First European trips to North America and...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at the voyages of Marco Polo to Asia, his descriptions of his experiences...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. The Age Of Discovery Part 1

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at European trips to other areas of the world some of which they had not been...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. The Christopher Columbus wanted to find out whether boats could travel west wards from Africa to...

This program examines the important figures of this period, their motivations for exploring new lands, and their tragedies and successes. This video looks at early explorers from the Ancient Greek, Egyptian, Babylonians, Viking, and...