Discovering America Podcast

The description of Christopher Columbus' fourth and final voyage, my two-cents and a discussion of maps in the days of Columbus.

The description of Christopher Columbus' third voyage and the trouble created by so many against the Columbus brothers.  All he was trying to do was to discover that passage, he had missed finding on his other two voyages.   I know it's around here someplace…….

A letter that was written by Christopher Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel while sailing back to Spain aboard the Nina.  He writes an account of what was discovered and how grateful he was to be sailing home, although the return trip was not without its own set of hardships.

Christopher Columbus' second voyage across the ocean but, this time well financed.   Over 1500 people from all walks of life, among them would be many that would add their name to the history of the world.  Everything was loaded, horses, cattle probably even the kitchen sink.   They weren't coming to visit.  Nope, they were coming to settle a new land.  What riches lay before them, only time would...

The final leg of the first voyage with Christopher Columbus, the crew and remaining two ships, the Pinta and the Nina.  The trip across the ocean was not an easy task.  They fought one of the worst winter storms the coast had seen in years.  And throw in the trouble with Portugal.   Yea, this was a great expedition from start to finish.

Christopher Columbus and the crew of three ships that made it across the ocean.  The amazement on what lay before them, were their eyes playing tricks on them.  They had found a piece of paradise.  The ships would travel around so many islands of beauty.   The natives were very receptive to them, well maybe not all of them.  What a discovery these men had made……the uncertainty while at sea for so...

One of the greatest voyages of all time.   Three tiny ships crossing uncharted water to discover a new world. It would be a new destiny for the Europeans but a complete change for the natives in the western hemisphere.    Here starts Columbus' first voyage.

A continuation of the Viking sagas on the North American continent and what is left behind.   A brief description of the different types of Viking ships such as the one discovered in Norway and the replica built for the Chicago World's fair.  

I start with the sagas of the Vikings on Iceland, their journey west to Greenland and the discovery of the North American continent.   Along the way I introduce the characters that had the most impact with this journey.

I introduce myself and the "Discovering America" podcast.