Discovery of America: Early Discoverers
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Employs stills and motion pictures, drawings and illustrations to tell the story of the early discoverers of America. The voyages and adventures of St. Brendan, Irish monks and Eric the Red and his son, Leif Ericson, are briefly chronicled before the film centers upon Christopher Columbus. His historic voyage across the Atlantic is recounted and traced on a map. Depicts the subsequent disorders in the colonies, John Cabot's voyage to the northeast coast, and the final irony surrounding the New World's name.
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