Apple QuickTime movie | 1996-06-28 | 4.6 MB | 400x280 | 5fps | 6 minutes, 13 seconds | [MooV/TVOD]
Transcription: Five centuries ago, the Americas were a new world waiting to be explored. Seamen from the great naval powers of Europe embarked on a series of discoveries that would later bring colonists and settlers. John Cabot of England discovered Newfoundland and explored its coast, hoping to find a route to Japan. Juan Ponce de León of Spain explored the east coast of Florida and the Florida Keys. Italian Giovanni de Verrazano explored the Atlantic coast in search of a passage to the Indies. And Jacques Cartier of France sailed the Saint Lawrence River to Montreal. Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto trave ...
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