Conquest of America (2005)
Synopsis
The adventures of various European explorers who were key figures in the colonization of the Americas.
First Air Date: 2005-03-28
Last Air Date: 2005-03-29
Number of Seasons: 1
Number of Episodes: 4
Networks: History
Top Cast
- Alejandro Velasquez as Francisco Vazques de Coronado
- Luis Medina as Alonzo De Sanchez
- Gus Lynch as Lorenzo de Tejada
- Brent Keast as Vitus Bering
- Sabin Lomac as Jacques Le Moyne
- Sergio Manzo as Juan de Contreras
- Jonathan Erickson Eisley as Diego Lopez de la Cardenas
- Paul Drinan as Pedro Menendez
- Julian Bailey as Admiral Coligny
Seasons
Miniseries (2005)
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Episodes:
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Ep. 1: The Southwest
In 1562 French naval officer Jean Ribault sailed to America with the goal of establishing a French Protestant colony. Exploring the Florida coastline, Ribault sailed north and built Charlesfort (Port Royal, SC) before returning to a France in the midst of a religious war. He eventually returned to America to help fight Spanish forces at Fort Caroline on the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida.
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Ep. 2: The Southeast
In 1562 French naval officer Jean Ribault sailed to America with the goal of establishing a French Protestant colony. Exploring the Florida coastline, Ribault sailed north and built Charlesfort (Port Royal, SC) before returning to a France in the midst of a religious war. He eventually returned to America to help fight Spanish forces at Fort Caroline on the mouth of the St. Johns River in Florida.
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Ep. 3: The Northeast
Henry Hudson survived mutiny and discovered the mouth of the Hudson River in 1609. In 1610, he returned to a continent in search of a northwest passage, but after a year of enduring extreme cold weather, part of the crew mutinied and set Hudson, his son, and seven others adrift on a small boat, never to be seen again.
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Ep. 4: The Northwest
In 1724, Danish navigator Vitus Jonassen Bering was sent by Peter the Great to explore the water routes between Siberia and North America, proving that North America and Asia were not connected. In 1741, another voyage to North America ended in shipwreck. Bering eventually perished on the uninhabited island subsequently named after him.
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