Discovering America Podcast

Columbus thought he had discovered a passage to the orient and so the maps of the day showed his discoveries as islands.... Read more

In two ships and 60 men, a Frenchman from St. Malo, Jacques Cartier sails west to the fishing grounds searching for the ... Read more

How could I talk about the discovery of America without involving this man, Amerigo Vespucci?  His history relies so muc... Read more

Sir Walter Raleigh wanted to be a part of the colonization of the New World. He had the financial abilities to fund such... Read more

After Captain John Smith’s terrible accident, how did this affect the colony of Jamestown, well quite a bit actually. Th... Read more

The Spanish found an interpreter, the young man, Juan Ortiz, who spent 8 years of his life in the Indian village of chie... Read more

Why should the Spanish have all the fun?  Other European Nations started exploring to the west to rediscover the lands i... Read more

The voyages by Ayllon, Gomez and Verrazzano made it possible to map, describe inhabitants and certain features along the... Read more

Three ships commanded by Juan de Ojeda along with the great pilot Juan de La Cosa and Amerigo Vespucci would sail off fo... Read more

New colonies were springing up all over New England. The Massachusetts Bay Company needed to keep an eye open to maintai... Read more

The Spanish army's trek north where they meet three Chiefs that were brothers.  Two of them controlled half the territor... Read more

John Rut’s early voyages were picking up wine for the King of England at Bordeaux.  In 1527 with Rut in command, two shi... Read more

The other English colonies didn’t like the opinions or the teachings of Roger Williams and it was decided he must go. He... Read more

The Dutch could no longer maintain control of their holdings. The English had surpassed them in population numbers and t... Read more

Bradford was a well respected Governor and was not allowed to retire. He and the colonists had to put up with what Westo... Read more

With the war between France and Spain finally over, five years had passed since his last voyage. The Indians he had prom... Read more

de Soto and his army heading west along the top of Florida to the great Apalachee province, home to the fiercest warrior... Read more

The New England settlers were still breaking away and creating new colonies. The behavior of Massachusetts was an ache i... Read more

A quick update and couple requests to my listeners.

This episode mixes in the history of the unsettled affairs in Europe and how a very famous pirate or should I say privat... Read more