Španjolska potkraj 15. stoljeća. Tek nedavno ujedinjena pod zajedničkom krunom, zemlja trpi tiraniju inkvizitora koji se obračunavaju sa svakim oblikom slobodnog mišljenja organizirajući spaljivanje vještica. U takvim okolnostima pomorac Kristofor Kolumbo (G. Depardieu) odluči predložiti kraljici Izabeli (S. Weaver) i njezinom rizničaru Sanchezu (A. Assante) trgovinu s Azijom, i to pronalaskom zapadnog morskog puta do Indije. Vjerujući da će se na taj način obračunati s predrasudama, Kolumbo s tri jedrenjaka krene put Indije ni ne sluteći da ga na odredištu ne čeka azijsko bogatstvo, nego potpuno novi svijet.
The Lecturer, leader of the Feminine League Against Frivolity, tells the history of eroticism and censorship from the beginning of time until the late 1960s.
The story of an expedition down the Orinoco and Amazon rivers in 1560 by Spanish soldiers searching for the fabled city of gold, El Dorado.
A new reading of the historical period that began with the reign of the Catholic Monarchs (1479-1516) and the discovery of America (1492), as well as an analysis of its undeniable influence on the subsequent evolution of the history of Spain and the world.
In 1898, a Minnesota farmer clearing trees from his field uprooted a large stone covered with mysterious runes that tell a story of land acquisition and murder. The stone allegedly dates back to 1362. Initially thought to be a hoax, new evidence suggests the find could be real, and a clue that the Knights Templar discovered America 100 years before Columbus, perhaps bringing with them history's greatest treasure... the Holy Grail. Follow the clues as experts use erosion studies on the rune stone and match symbols in Templar ruins all over Europe to support this theory. Stones with similar markings have been found on islands across the Atlantic Ocean, and in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Is it possible the Knights Templar, long thought to have been massacred, escaped on an incredible journey and were leaving clues to the whereabouts of the stone?
The history of Europeans in North America, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the business success of German immigrants such as Heinz, Strauss or Friedrich Trumpf, Donald Trump's grandfather. During the 19th century, thirty million people — Germans, Irish, Scots, Russians, Hungarians, Italians and many others — left the old continent, fleeing poverty, racism or political repression, hoping to make a fortune and realize the American dream.