Discovering America Podcast

What's left of Narvaez's dwindling band, its trials and errors. Five barges were constructed to take to the sea. By not sticking together, each individual barge was on its own. Vaca and one other barge would later meet up but, in a storm that barge and crew were lost. This episode ends with just Vaca and his group clinging to life but, in the care of Indians. The Spanish were uneasy, were they to be sacrificed to their gods?

The events and activities that will lead us to the next great adventure. Five ships will sail off for an expedition commanded by Panifilo de Narvaez to the Florida coast.

I expand on the stories of six men who added to the progression and discovery of America. They are Diego Velázquez, Diego and Bartholomew Columbus, Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán, Antonio de Alaminos and Vicente Yanez Pinzon.

The part finishes up with Cortes' conquest of the Aztec empire and the final years of the man we know as Cortes.

The man called Hernando Cortes and the beginnings of his adventure with the great empire of the Aztecs.

Other voyages that were undertaken during the year 1508. One headed by Juan Diaz de Solis and Vicente Yanez Pinzon, and a second by Sebastian de Ocampo. Cuba would be colonized and its appointed governor, Diego Velazquez, would organize voyages destined to discover other unknown regions.

A further discussion of maps of the world. Just what did the early explorers have in their hands? I end with the partial exploration of Florida by Juan Ponce de Leon.

The description of Christopher Columbus' fourth and final voyage, my two-cents and a discussion of maps in the days of Columbus.

The description of Christopher Columbus' third voyage and the trouble created by so many against the Columbus brothers. All he was trying to do was to discover that passage, he had missed finding on his other two voyages. I know it's around here someplace…….

A letter that was written by Christopher Columbus to Luis de Sant Angel while sailing back to Spain aboard the Nina. He writes an account of what was discovered and how grateful he was to be sailing home, although the return trip was not without its own set of hardships.