Watch Part 1:    • Age of Discovery: Exploring the New W...  

The Renaissance and Early Modern Times were the periods when Europeans desperately tried to gain more influence. Stories of distant, wealthy lands pushed sailors, explorers, and thieves to venture into the unknown, only to end up fighting for discovered territories with locals and amongst themselves later. In this video, we will explain how England, France, Spain, and Portugal were colonizing the then-unknown New World.