Timewatch

Timewatch· Season 16 · Episode 2

Before Columbus

S16E02·March 4, 1997·50m·BBC Two

Christopher Columbus is popularly believed to have been, in 1492, the first European to discover America. However, some historians are convinced the New World was known before he set sail. Examines their claims and looks into the belief that the Mandan Indians of North Dakota are partly descended from a 12th-century Welsh prince.

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