This chapter follows the first French explorers as they set the foundations of New France. Meet Giovanni de Verrazzano, Jacques Cartier, and the appointed governor of New France Jean-Francois La Rocque de Roberval. The poem is called Jacques Cartier and w

Today we follow the Portuguese response to the voyages of John Cabot, with the journeys of the Corte-Real brothers and an attempt at Canadian colonization led by João Álvares Fagundes. Along the way, we will see first hand accounts of the encounters wit

Today we examine the repercussions of the Age of Discovery on diplomacy in the new world, and see the first attempts to split newly discovered land via papal bulls and royal treaties including the Treaty of Tordesillas. We also see the first challenge to

This chapter follows Europe in the Early Renaissance, and how the flourishing of new ideas and ideologies, along with economic and religious motives, paved the way for the Age of Discovery, and how some hardy explorers - under the aegis of Portugal and Sp

This episode follows the Norse adventurers in their short-lived Vinland colony and explores the longer lived trading relationship the Norse established with the rather diverse group of people they called Skraelings. We will meet some interesting character

Today we examine how cultural groups assembled throughout Canadian lands, forming rituals and traditions, and even the first Canadian sports. We examine Aboriginal technologies such as the wigwam and snowshoe,

Today we meet the Norse explorers, from the legend of Gunnbjorn to Erik the Red's colonization of Greenland. Later, Bjarni Herjolfson becomes the first European to sight the New World and Leif Erikson follows bravely in his current. From Iceland to Vinlan

Today we examine how cultural groups assembled throughout Canadian lands, forming rituals and traditions, and even the first Canadian sports. We examine Aboriginal technologies such as the wigwam and snowshoe,

Today we examine how cultural groups assembled throughout Canadian lands, forming rituals and traditions, and even the first Canadian sports. We examine Aboriginal technologies such as the wigwam and snowshoe, and try to make sense of the vast medley of u

This chapter follows our travelers as they form the first TransAmerican culture, the Clovis Culture, and how this culture mysteriously appears and disappears. We observe the extinction of multitudes of large fauna species, and the turn to bison hunting an