Lisa Wolfinger
Director
Conquest of America (2005)
Miniseries
The adventures of various European explorers who were key figures in the colonization of the Americas.
Released March 28, 2005
Episode 45 min
None+
Keywords: mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.tv-mini-series, awards.emmy-award-nominated
Network: History
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - 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.
March 28, 2005, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
March 28, 2005, midnight
S1E3 - 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.
March 29, 2005, midnight
S1E4 - 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.
March 29, 2005, midnight
Network: History
Episode Runtime: 45 min.
Season Runtime: 45 min.
Released: March 28, 2005
Last Air Date: March 29, 2005, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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