1 00:00:03,000 --> 00:00:06,275 Gates: October 12, 1492. 2 00:00:06,275 --> 00:00:08,000 The New World. 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,827 It Looks Like Paradise, And Perhaps It Is... 4 00:00:11,827 --> 00:00:14,379 A Virgin Land Protected On All Sides 5 00:00:14,379 --> 00:00:17,000 By Vast Oceans, 6 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,137 Its People Blissfully Unaware Of Life Beyond Their Shores. 7 00:00:21,137 --> 00:00:26,068 ♪♪ 8 00:00:26,068 --> 00:00:29,896 But In Just A Moment, All Of That Will Change. 9 00:00:29,896 --> 00:00:32,931 ♪♪ 10 00:00:44,965 --> 00:00:49,551 In 1492, Columbus Sailed The Ocean Blue. 11 00:00:49,551 --> 00:00:50,931 We All Know The Rhyme. 12 00:00:50,931 --> 00:00:53,551 But What Else Do You Know About Christopher Columbus? 13 00:00:53,551 --> 00:00:55,206 What Do You Really Know? 14 00:00:55,206 --> 00:00:56,689 When It Comes To Explorers, 15 00:00:56,689 --> 00:01:00,689 None Are More Famous And Yet Less Understood. 16 00:01:00,689 --> 00:01:03,206 Some People Are Taught That He Discovered America. 17 00:01:03,206 --> 00:01:05,517 Yet He Never Set Foot Here. 18 00:01:05,517 --> 00:01:07,241 His Nationality Is In Dispute. 19 00:01:07,241 --> 00:01:09,310 His Early Years Are A Total Mystery. 20 00:01:09,310 --> 00:01:12,413 Even His Own Journals Are Filled With Misdirection. 21 00:01:12,413 --> 00:01:14,206 ♪♪ 22 00:01:14,206 --> 00:01:16,275 To Some, He Is An Epic Hero, 23 00:01:16,275 --> 00:01:19,482 To Others, A Bloodthirsty Conqueror. 24 00:01:19,482 --> 00:01:21,862 But Who Was He Really? 25 00:01:21,862 --> 00:01:24,379 There Are Two Huge Mysteries Surrounding Columbus 26 00:01:24,379 --> 00:01:27,275 That May Shed Light On The True Nature Of His Character. 27 00:01:27,275 --> 00:01:30,551 And Both Might Be On The Verge Of Being Solved. 28 00:01:30,551 --> 00:01:34,448 ♪♪ 29 00:01:34,448 --> 00:01:37,586 The First Involves The Fate Of His Flagship, The Santa Maria, 30 00:01:37,586 --> 00:01:39,724 Which Hasn't Been Seen Since She Ran Aground 31 00:01:39,724 --> 00:01:43,793 On Christmas Day Of 1492 Off The Coast Of Haiti. 32 00:01:43,793 --> 00:01:45,827 One Explorer Claims He's Found 33 00:01:45,827 --> 00:01:48,793 What Is One Of The Most Important Ships In History. 34 00:01:48,793 --> 00:01:51,724 But Local Authorities Aren't So Sure. 35 00:01:51,724 --> 00:01:53,517 And Would You Believe We Can't Even Agree 36 00:01:53,517 --> 00:01:55,344 On Where Columbus Is Buried? 37 00:01:55,344 --> 00:01:57,310 Two Nations Have Been Locked In A Dispute 38 00:01:57,310 --> 00:01:59,931 Over Which Has The Explorer's Bones. 39 00:01:59,931 --> 00:02:03,724 But Now Dna Evidence May Finally Unlock The Answer. 40 00:02:03,724 --> 00:02:05,241 ♪♪ 41 00:02:05,241 --> 00:02:06,482 This Is An Expedition 42 00:02:06,482 --> 00:02:09,137 That Will Take Me To The Old World And The New, 43 00:02:09,137 --> 00:02:12,448 Through 4 Countries And 500 Years Of History, 44 00:02:12,448 --> 00:02:17,137 All To Discover What Is The True Story Of Christopher Columbus. 45 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:19,965 ♪♪ 46 00:02:23,862 --> 00:02:26,965 My Name Is Josh Gates. 47 00:02:26,965 --> 00:02:31,827 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 48 00:02:31,827 --> 00:02:35,758 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 49 00:02:35,758 --> 00:02:37,344 Good Lord! 50 00:02:37,344 --> 00:02:39,172 Ah! 51 00:02:39,172 --> 00:02:42,103 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 52 00:02:42,103 --> 00:02:45,344 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 53 00:02:45,344 --> 00:02:47,000 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 54 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:49,413 This Is "Expedition Unknown." 55 00:02:49,413 --> 00:02:51,275 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 56 00:02:51,275 --> 00:02:53,137 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 57 00:02:53,137 --> 00:02:55,862 To Begin My Expedition Into The Mysteries Of Columbus, 58 00:02:55,862 --> 00:02:58,068 I'm Bound For Madeira, A Small Island 59 00:02:58,068 --> 00:03:02,241 Off The Coast Of Portugal In The North Atlantic Ocean. 60 00:03:02,241 --> 00:03:04,586 It's Also Where A Young Christopher Columbus 61 00:03:04,586 --> 00:03:10,758 Honed His Navigational Skills. 62 00:03:10,758 --> 00:03:13,241 We Have Cliffs On One Side And Just Water On The Other 63 00:03:13,241 --> 00:03:15,241 And A Very Narrow Runway. 64 00:03:15,241 --> 00:03:17,068 Not A Lot Of Room To Negotiate. 65 00:03:17,068 --> 00:03:18,620 The Runway At Madeira Airport 66 00:03:18,620 --> 00:03:21,103 Is One Of The Shortest And Most Dangerous In The World. 67 00:03:21,103 --> 00:03:22,482 A Series Of Deadly Crashes 68 00:03:22,482 --> 00:03:24,206 Prompted The Government To Lengthen It, 69 00:03:24,206 --> 00:03:27,724 But With No Additional Land, They Built 180 Concrete Columns 70 00:03:27,724 --> 00:03:29,689 And Hung The Runway Over The Sea. 71 00:03:29,689 --> 00:03:31,586 ♪♪ 72 00:03:31,586 --> 00:03:32,896 Brakes, Brakes, Brakes, Brakes, 73 00:03:32,896 --> 00:03:35,793 Brakes, Brakes, Brakes, Brakes, Brakes. 74 00:03:35,793 --> 00:03:37,172 [ Brakes Screeching ] 75 00:03:40,137 --> 00:03:41,448 Whoo-Hoo! 76 00:03:41,448 --> 00:03:43,862 [ Passengers Cheering ] 77 00:03:43,862 --> 00:03:47,551 That Is The Joyous Sound Of Not Falling Into The Ocean. 78 00:03:47,551 --> 00:03:52,620 ♪♪ 79 00:03:52,620 --> 00:03:54,137 Welcome To Funchal. 80 00:03:54,137 --> 00:03:57,448 This Is The Largest City Here In Madeira, A Place 81 00:03:57,448 --> 00:04:00,517 That Has Long Been Associated With Exploration. 82 00:04:00,517 --> 00:04:03,413 It Was Founded By The Portuguese In 1420, 83 00:04:03,413 --> 00:04:05,551 Part Of Their Golden Age Of Discovery. 84 00:04:05,551 --> 00:04:07,137 About 40 Years Later, 85 00:04:07,137 --> 00:04:09,310 It Became Home To Christopher Columbus. 86 00:04:09,310 --> 00:04:13,310 ♪♪ 87 00:04:13,310 --> 00:04:14,620 Little Is Known For Certain 88 00:04:14,620 --> 00:04:16,620 About The Early Life Of Columbus. 89 00:04:16,620 --> 00:04:19,275 He Seems To Appear In History Fully Formed, 90 00:04:19,275 --> 00:04:22,482 A Self-Made Gatsby For The Age Of Explorers. 91 00:04:22,482 --> 00:04:24,931 Most Scholars Think He Was Born In Genoa, Italy, 92 00:04:24,931 --> 00:04:26,551 The Son Of A Weaver. 93 00:04:26,551 --> 00:04:29,137 However, Some Historians Have Identified Columbus 94 00:04:29,137 --> 00:04:32,758 As Portuguese, Spanish, And Even Jewish To Boot. 95 00:04:32,758 --> 00:04:35,275 His Arrival In Portugal Is Mysterious. 96 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:39,137 He Supposedly Washes Ashore In A Shipwreck In 1476. 97 00:04:39,137 --> 00:04:40,586 And Four Years Later, 98 00:04:40,586 --> 00:04:43,379 He Arrives In Madeira To Make His Living As A Chartmaker. 99 00:04:43,379 --> 00:04:46,310 But He Also Develops An Obsession With The Sea. 100 00:04:46,310 --> 00:04:50,620 ♪♪ 101 00:04:50,620 --> 00:04:51,931 Madeira Is Steep. 102 00:04:51,931 --> 00:04:54,620 And To Discover Its History, You Need To Head Uphill. 103 00:04:54,620 --> 00:04:56,689 ♪♪ 104 00:04:56,689 --> 00:05:00,344 Welcome To The Top Of Madeira. 105 00:05:00,344 --> 00:05:03,689 There's Little Physical Evidence Of Columbus Here Today. 106 00:05:03,689 --> 00:05:07,137 At His House, This Window Is All That Remains. 107 00:05:07,137 --> 00:05:08,551 And Through It, 108 00:05:08,551 --> 00:05:11,241 Columbus Looked Out On A Very Different World Than Ours. 109 00:05:11,241 --> 00:05:13,379 ♪♪ 110 00:05:13,379 --> 00:05:16,068 At The End Of The 15Th Century, The European Powers 111 00:05:16,068 --> 00:05:19,275 Depend On Trade Along The Famed Silk Road To India, 112 00:05:19,275 --> 00:05:23,379 But The Route Becomes Blocked By The Powerful Ottoman Empire. 113 00:05:23,379 --> 00:05:26,172 Spain And Portugal Dispatch Their Best Navigators 114 00:05:26,172 --> 00:05:28,310 To Find An Ocean Route To The Southeast, 115 00:05:28,310 --> 00:05:30,827 Around The Tip Of Africa. 116 00:05:30,827 --> 00:05:34,448 But The Young Chartmaker In Madeira Has A Different Plan -- 117 00:05:34,448 --> 00:05:37,448 To Look West. 118 00:05:37,448 --> 00:05:39,620 [ Accordion Music Plays ] 119 00:05:39,620 --> 00:05:41,172 It's Easy To See Why Columbus 120 00:05:41,172 --> 00:05:43,551 And His Fellow Colonists Loved Madeira. 121 00:05:43,551 --> 00:05:46,551 The View Up Here Can't Be Beat. 122 00:05:46,551 --> 00:05:49,034 In Columbus' Time, Though, Getting Back Down To Sea Level 123 00:05:49,034 --> 00:05:51,517 Quickly Required A Novel Solution -- 124 00:05:51,517 --> 00:05:54,620 Wicker Sleds That Would Fly Down The Steep Streets. 125 00:05:57,344 --> 00:05:59,965 They Once Carried Bottles Of Madeira's Famous Wine, 126 00:05:59,965 --> 00:06:03,689 But Today, They Carry Less-Precious Cargo -- 127 00:06:03,689 --> 00:06:06,068 Television Personalities. 128 00:06:06,068 --> 00:06:08,689 I Can Literally Feel And Hear The Wicker Breaking 129 00:06:08,689 --> 00:06:10,344 Under Me As I Sit. 130 00:06:10,344 --> 00:06:11,827 That's Not A Good Sign. 131 00:06:11,827 --> 00:06:15,000 This Crazy Contraption Is Called A Carreiros Do Monte. 132 00:06:15,000 --> 00:06:18,448 And It Is Not For The Faint Of Heart Or The Weak Of Bladder. 133 00:06:18,448 --> 00:06:22,793 ♪♪ 134 00:06:22,793 --> 00:06:25,482 There We Go. 135 00:06:25,482 --> 00:06:26,620 This Is Insane. 136 00:06:26,620 --> 00:06:28,172 Good Lord! 137 00:06:28,172 --> 00:06:32,965 Ah! 138 00:06:32,965 --> 00:06:34,379 Crazy! 139 00:06:34,379 --> 00:06:35,896 Yeah! 140 00:06:35,896 --> 00:06:38,551 Wall. Wall! 141 00:06:38,551 --> 00:06:40,724 Imagine Flying 30 Miles An Hour Downhill 142 00:06:40,724 --> 00:06:43,517 In A Bread Basket From Pottery Barn With No Brakes, 143 00:06:43,517 --> 00:06:45,896 And You'll Get An Idea Of How Safe This Is. 144 00:06:45,896 --> 00:06:47,862 [ Horn Honks ]There's An Intersection! 145 00:06:47,862 --> 00:06:49,931 Are You Kidding Me? 146 00:06:49,931 --> 00:06:56,241 ♪♪ 147 00:06:56,241 --> 00:06:57,689 Excellent Work, Boys. 148 00:06:57,689 --> 00:06:59,310 I'm Just Gonna Sit Here For A Minute 149 00:06:59,310 --> 00:07:01,517 And Think About The Choices In My Life 150 00:07:01,517 --> 00:07:02,793 That Brought Me To This Moment. 151 00:07:02,793 --> 00:07:05,655 ♪♪ 152 00:07:05,655 --> 00:07:08,724 Shaking Off My Near-Death Experience, I Get It Together 153 00:07:08,724 --> 00:07:11,896 And Head To The Docks To Meet Historian Ricardo Jardim. 154 00:07:11,896 --> 00:07:13,517 I'm Hopeful That He Can Shed Some Light 155 00:07:13,517 --> 00:07:16,000 On What Kind Of Man Columbus Really Was 156 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,275 And Reveal More About His Fateful Voyage. 157 00:07:20,275 --> 00:07:22,482 He Told Me He Has A Boat By The Docks, 158 00:07:22,482 --> 00:07:25,068 And, Well, It's Not Hard To Spot. 159 00:07:25,068 --> 00:07:26,586 How Are You? I'm Fine. 160 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:27,724 Welcome Aboard. 161 00:07:27,724 --> 00:07:29,586 This Is The Santa Maria.Yes, Yes. 162 00:07:29,586 --> 00:07:31,137 When You Said You Had A Boat, 163 00:07:31,137 --> 00:07:33,793 I Didn't Realize You Had Theboat. 164 00:07:33,793 --> 00:07:35,000 Why Don't You Come Onboard? 165 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:36,931 And I'll Show You How We Sail It. 166 00:07:36,931 --> 00:07:39,482 Now, Unlike The Real Santa Maria,We're Gonna Come Back, Though, Right? 167 00:07:39,482 --> 00:07:42,586 Yes, Yes. 168 00:07:42,586 --> 00:07:43,965 Built By Local Craftsmen, 169 00:07:43,965 --> 00:07:45,965 This Is One Of The Only Working Replicas 170 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:50,344 Of The Santa Mariain The World. 171 00:07:50,344 --> 00:07:52,413 Put About 500 Years On Her Odometer, 172 00:07:52,413 --> 00:07:54,896 And This Could Be The Boat I'm Looking For. 173 00:07:54,896 --> 00:07:56,655 This Is The Same Size As The Santa Maria. 174 00:07:56,655 --> 00:07:58,103 Exactly The Same Size. 175 00:07:58,103 --> 00:07:59,620 Which, You Know, It Seems -- 176 00:07:59,620 --> 00:08:02,000 Frankly, Being Out Here, It Seems Kind Of Small. 177 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:05,551 Because People Have The Idea That Those Ships Were Big. 178 00:08:05,551 --> 00:08:08,172 But This Was The Biggest They Had. 179 00:08:08,172 --> 00:08:11,206 ♪♪ 180 00:08:14,275 --> 00:08:16,724 While Everyone Else Is Trying To Get Around Africa, 181 00:08:16,724 --> 00:08:18,862 Columbus Is Obsessing Over The Journals 182 00:08:18,862 --> 00:08:21,103 Of The Great Explorer Marco Polo. 183 00:08:21,103 --> 00:08:23,482 Polo Went Over Land, Way Past India, 184 00:08:23,482 --> 00:08:26,275 To The Grand Courts Of Kublai Khan In China. 185 00:08:26,275 --> 00:08:27,689 Columbus Is Convinced 186 00:08:27,689 --> 00:08:31,241 He Can Sail West And Reach This Mysterious Country. 187 00:08:31,241 --> 00:08:32,724 And For Almost 10 Years, 188 00:08:32,724 --> 00:08:36,172 He Seeks Funding For What Most Believe Is A Fantasy. 189 00:08:36,172 --> 00:08:39,379 But In 1492, He's Finally Granted Sponsorship 190 00:08:39,379 --> 00:08:43,103 From Spain's Queen Isabella And King Ferdinand. 191 00:08:43,103 --> 00:08:44,793 On August 3Rd Of That Year, 192 00:08:44,793 --> 00:08:47,034 Columbus, A Crew Of About 100 Men 193 00:08:47,034 --> 00:08:49,931 And Three Small But Seaworthy Ships, The Nina, 194 00:08:49,931 --> 00:08:53,068 The Pinta,And The Santa Maria, Depart For Asia. 195 00:08:53,068 --> 00:08:55,448 Little Does Anyone Know That Only Two Ships 196 00:08:55,448 --> 00:08:58,000 Will Be Coming Back. 197 00:08:58,000 --> 00:08:59,827 Even Just Outside Of Port Here... 198 00:08:59,827 --> 00:09:00,896 Yes. 199 00:09:00,896 --> 00:09:02,482 ...It's Pretty Roll-Y On This Boat. 200 00:09:02,482 --> 00:09:04,137 Yes. With A Storm, 201 00:09:04,137 --> 00:09:07,724 This Would Be Very Difficult To -- To -- To Sail. 202 00:09:07,724 --> 00:09:10,034 If I'm Gonna Get Inside Columbus' Head, Though, 203 00:09:10,034 --> 00:09:12,620 I'm Gonna Have To Sail A Mile In His Shoes. 204 00:09:12,620 --> 00:09:14,379 Okay. So, All Right, Step One. 205 00:09:14,379 --> 00:09:17,586 Step One, You Have To Untie The Sails. 206 00:09:17,586 --> 00:09:18,862 Okay. What Do I Pull? 207 00:09:18,862 --> 00:09:21,137 Uh, Not Here. You Have To Go Up There. 208 00:09:21,137 --> 00:09:23,620 ♪♪ 209 00:09:23,620 --> 00:09:24,689 No. This -- Look. 210 00:09:24,689 --> 00:09:27,000 But There's So Many Things Here To Pull. 211 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,137 Doesn't One Of These Just Make The Sail Drop? 212 00:09:29,137 --> 00:09:30,724 Come On. You Just Have To Go Up There. 213 00:09:30,724 --> 00:09:32,103 And You Will See It's Very Easy. 214 00:09:32,103 --> 00:09:35,241 It's Very Easy. 215 00:09:35,241 --> 00:09:36,724 Okay. 216 00:09:36,724 --> 00:09:37,965 Up Like This? Yeah. 217 00:09:37,965 --> 00:09:39,482 This Is Very Stable.Yes. 218 00:09:39,482 --> 00:09:41,241 Now I Can See You Have Portuguese Blood. 219 00:09:41,241 --> 00:09:42,827 Yeah, You're About To Have Some Portuguese Blood 220 00:09:42,827 --> 00:09:44,793 On The Deck Of The Ship In A Minute. 221 00:09:44,793 --> 00:09:46,068 [ Laughs ] 222 00:09:46,068 --> 00:09:47,827 While I Hang On For Dear Life, 223 00:09:47,827 --> 00:09:50,448 The Portuguese Hugh Jackman Here Just Keeps Smiling 224 00:09:50,448 --> 00:09:52,413 And Another Deckhand Flies Up Like Mowgli 225 00:09:52,413 --> 00:09:53,862 From "The Jungle Book." 226 00:09:53,862 --> 00:09:56,931 Wait. Why Are You So Much Faster Than Me? 227 00:09:56,931 --> 00:09:58,137 [ Laughter ] 228 00:09:58,137 --> 00:10:00,413 That's Good. We Are Just Going Slow Ahead. 229 00:10:00,413 --> 00:10:01,551 Slow Ahead. 230 00:10:01,551 --> 00:10:03,827 Be Careful. It's Moving A Little Bit. 231 00:10:03,827 --> 00:10:07,689 This Is Horrible. This Is Officially Horrible. 232 00:10:07,689 --> 00:10:13,241 ♪♪ 233 00:10:17,724 --> 00:10:19,517 Gates: I'm Off The Coast Of Portugal 234 00:10:19,517 --> 00:10:22,034 Aboard A Life-Size Replica Of Columbus' Flagship, 235 00:10:22,034 --> 00:10:23,137 The Santa Maria. 236 00:10:23,137 --> 00:10:25,620 This Is Crazy. So It's Up Higher. 237 00:10:25,620 --> 00:10:28,068 This Is Horrible. This Is Officially Horrible. 238 00:10:28,068 --> 00:10:31,620 I'm Up In The Very Creaky Crow's Nest To Untie The Sail. 239 00:10:31,620 --> 00:10:35,586 ♪♪ 240 00:10:35,586 --> 00:10:39,482 It Is Puke-Y Mcgillicuddy Up Here. 241 00:10:39,482 --> 00:10:44,448 ♪♪ 242 00:10:44,448 --> 00:10:46,965 I Can't Even Imagine Being Up Here In A Storm. 243 00:10:46,965 --> 00:10:49,724 You Are Supposed To Untie That Rope There. 244 00:10:49,724 --> 00:10:51,931 Okay. Untied. 245 00:10:51,931 --> 00:10:54,000 Can I Get Out Of Here Now?Yes, You Can Come Out. 246 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:56,172 Okay, I'm Coming Down. 247 00:10:56,172 --> 00:10:57,758 I Carefully Descend Down The Ropes 248 00:10:57,758 --> 00:10:59,103 And Get Back To The Deck, 249 00:10:59,103 --> 00:11:02,275 And With Knots Untied, We're Ready To Sail. 250 00:11:02,275 --> 00:11:05,137 ♪♪ 251 00:11:14,275 --> 00:11:16,137 How 'Bout That?That Is Good. 252 00:11:16,137 --> 00:11:17,965 She Sails. 253 00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:23,206 ♪♪ 254 00:11:31,172 --> 00:11:33,482 According To Columbus' Calculations, 255 00:11:33,482 --> 00:11:36,137 He Can Sail West And Reach The Coast Of China, 256 00:11:36,137 --> 00:11:37,827 And Technically, He's Right. 257 00:11:37,827 --> 00:11:40,310 But What He And Nobody Else In Europe Knows 258 00:11:40,310 --> 00:11:42,827 Is That The World Is Bigger Than They Thought 259 00:11:42,827 --> 00:11:45,482 And That Two Entire Continents And A Lot Of Islands 260 00:11:45,482 --> 00:11:47,206 Are Standing In His Way. 261 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:49,827 And On October 11, 1492, 262 00:11:49,827 --> 00:11:51,793 After Many Waterlogged Weeks At Sea, 263 00:11:51,793 --> 00:11:54,000 Columbus Finally Spots Land. 264 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,896 Actually, One Of His Crew Members Does, 265 00:11:55,896 --> 00:11:58,000 But Columbus Takes The Credit. 266 00:11:58,000 --> 00:11:59,275 Ego. 267 00:11:59,275 --> 00:12:01,965 Ricardo And Other Experts Believe The First Sighting 268 00:12:01,965 --> 00:12:04,655 Was Probably Of San Salvador In The Caribbean. 269 00:12:04,655 --> 00:12:06,896 And Then, Over The Next 2 1/2 Months, 270 00:12:06,896 --> 00:12:09,724 A Perplexed Columbus Explores Small Islands 271 00:12:09,724 --> 00:12:11,862 And Then The Coast Of Cuba, Haiti, 272 00:12:11,862 --> 00:12:13,379 And The Dominican Republic, 273 00:12:13,379 --> 00:12:16,310 All The While Desperately Looking For Some Indication 274 00:12:16,310 --> 00:12:18,068 That This Is Asia. 275 00:12:18,068 --> 00:12:21,862 In The Process, He Discovers Coffee, Sugar, And Spices, 276 00:12:21,862 --> 00:12:25,862 But No Sign Of Gold, Pearls, Or China. 277 00:12:25,862 --> 00:12:27,275 I Have To Say, Being Out Here, 278 00:12:27,275 --> 00:12:30,862 It Really Gives Me An Idea Of How Hard This Must Have Been 279 00:12:30,862 --> 00:12:32,896 And How Brave You'd Have To Be 280 00:12:32,896 --> 00:12:34,517 To Set Sail On A Voyage Like That. 281 00:12:34,517 --> 00:12:37,724 Even Nowadays, It's Not Any Sailor That Can Take A Boat 282 00:12:37,724 --> 00:12:40,241 Like -- A Ship Like This And Sail To America. 283 00:12:40,241 --> 00:12:42,689 If Anything Happened To These Guys, 284 00:12:42,689 --> 00:12:44,793 Nobody Was Coming For Them.No. 285 00:12:44,793 --> 00:12:47,724 On The Voyage Over, He Didn't Lose A Single Man. 286 00:12:47,724 --> 00:12:49,379 Which, You Know, In Those Days, 287 00:12:49,379 --> 00:12:50,724 Is -- Is... Is Quite Rare. 288 00:12:50,724 --> 00:12:52,206 Yeah, It's An Accomplishment. 289 00:12:52,206 --> 00:12:56,655 They Had A Lot Of Confidence In Columbus' Ability To Sail, 290 00:12:56,655 --> 00:12:57,689 To Navigate. 291 00:12:57,689 --> 00:12:59,103 [ Thunder Rumbles ] 292 00:12:59,103 --> 00:13:00,448 All Right. Well, It Looks Like, Uh, 293 00:13:00,448 --> 00:13:01,586 We're Getting A Little Weather Coming In Here. 294 00:13:01,586 --> 00:13:03,034 Yes, Yes. 295 00:13:03,034 --> 00:13:04,275 So We Can Either Go Back To Port, 296 00:13:04,275 --> 00:13:05,482 Or We Can Go To The New World. 297 00:13:05,482 --> 00:13:07,482 What Do You Want To Do?Uh, I Think, For Today, 298 00:13:07,482 --> 00:13:08,827 It's Better To Go Back To Port. 299 00:13:08,827 --> 00:13:12,896 Smart Man. Let's Go. Let's Sail This Thing. 300 00:13:12,896 --> 00:13:15,344 This Replica Has One Advantage Over Its Namesake -- 301 00:13:15,344 --> 00:13:16,655 It Still Floats. 302 00:13:16,655 --> 00:13:20,448 The Original Santa Maria Sank Accidentally. 303 00:13:20,448 --> 00:13:22,655 Or Did It? 304 00:13:22,655 --> 00:13:25,241 There Are New Theories About What Really Happened To The Ship 305 00:13:25,241 --> 00:13:27,896 And Shocking Revelations About Her Captain. 306 00:13:27,896 --> 00:13:30,758 To Learn The Truth, I Need To Follow Columbus' Path 307 00:13:30,758 --> 00:13:32,241 To The New World. 308 00:13:32,241 --> 00:13:35,379 ♪♪ 309 00:13:35,379 --> 00:13:38,620 Pretty Wild To Be Flying Over The Same Ocean 310 00:13:38,620 --> 00:13:41,931 That Columbus Traversed Hundreds Of Years Ago. 311 00:13:41,931 --> 00:13:44,793 You Know, It Took Him And His Crew More Than A Month 312 00:13:44,793 --> 00:13:47,689 To Sail Down There In Really Tough Conditions. 313 00:13:47,689 --> 00:13:49,793 Today, In A Modern Jetliner, 314 00:13:49,793 --> 00:13:52,034 We Make The Trip In About 10 Hours. 315 00:13:52,034 --> 00:13:55,793 And You Get To Watch Old "Two And A Half Men" Episodes. 316 00:13:55,793 --> 00:13:59,965 So Maybe It Was Better On Columbus' Ship. 317 00:13:59,965 --> 00:14:02,379 It's 3,500 Miles From This Island 318 00:14:02,379 --> 00:14:05,206 To My Destination On Another -- Haiti. 319 00:14:05,206 --> 00:14:08,206 ♪♪ 320 00:14:12,413 --> 00:14:14,793 Haiti Is A Nation Born Of Hope, 321 00:14:14,793 --> 00:14:18,655 Founded In 1804 By Former Slaves Who Threw Off Their Shackles 322 00:14:18,655 --> 00:14:20,931 And Seized Their Freedom From The French. 323 00:14:20,931 --> 00:14:24,000 This Was The First Black Republic In The World, 324 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:27,379 With An Astounding Cultural Legacy And Historic Treasures 325 00:14:27,379 --> 00:14:31,448 Which Reveal A Past Filled With Wealth And Pride. 326 00:14:31,448 --> 00:14:34,965 Unfortunately, None Of This Is What Haiti Is Known For. 327 00:14:34,965 --> 00:14:40,137 ♪♪ 328 00:14:40,137 --> 00:14:41,724 Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. 329 00:14:41,724 --> 00:14:44,137 This Is, Generally Speaking, Not A Place That Many Tourists 330 00:14:44,137 --> 00:14:45,206 Visit These Days. 331 00:14:45,206 --> 00:14:46,551 I've Never Been Here. 332 00:14:46,551 --> 00:14:49,206 In Fact, I Don't Think I Know Anyone Who's Been Here. 333 00:14:49,206 --> 00:14:51,517 Haiti Is Not Just Synonymous With Poverty. 334 00:14:51,517 --> 00:14:53,000 It Redefinesit. 335 00:14:53,000 --> 00:14:55,827 Though It Is Closer To Miami Than Washington, D.C., 336 00:14:55,827 --> 00:14:58,827 It Exists In An Entirely Different World. 337 00:14:58,827 --> 00:15:01,275 For The Past 100 Years, The Haitian People Have Been 338 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:06,379 Victims Of Endemic Corruption And Foreign Meddling. 339 00:15:06,379 --> 00:15:09,448 Port-Au-Prince Is A Capital City Of Over A Million People 340 00:15:09,448 --> 00:15:12,448 That Lacks Reliable Infrastructure, Sanitation, 341 00:15:12,448 --> 00:15:15,724 And, In Some Cases, Buildings. 342 00:15:15,724 --> 00:15:17,137 It Has Been Five Years 343 00:15:17,137 --> 00:15:19,793 Since A Massive Earthquake Leveled Much Of The Capital, 344 00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:22,517 Taking With It At Least 100,000 People 345 00:15:22,517 --> 00:15:26,000 And More Than A Quarter Of A Million Homes. 346 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,413 Since Then, A Lot Has Been Done. 347 00:15:27,413 --> 00:15:29,827 A Lot Hasn't Been Done. 348 00:15:29,827 --> 00:15:31,310 And There's A Real Sense Here In The City 349 00:15:31,310 --> 00:15:35,103 That People Are Unsure What's Gonna Happen Next. 350 00:15:35,103 --> 00:15:36,586 Perhaps The Only Thing 351 00:15:36,586 --> 00:15:38,586 That Pulled Through The Earthquake Stronger Than Before 352 00:15:38,586 --> 00:15:40,068 Was Capitalism. 353 00:15:40,068 --> 00:15:42,482 Haiti Is A Country Constantly On The Make. 354 00:15:42,482 --> 00:15:46,310 And Every Man, Woman, And Child Has To Sell To Survive. 355 00:15:46,310 --> 00:15:49,000 ♪♪ 356 00:15:49,000 --> 00:15:51,931 Hey, Guys. How Are You? 357 00:15:51,931 --> 00:15:54,586 How Ya Doing? So, What Is This? 358 00:15:54,586 --> 00:15:56,275 Man: This Is Bootlegging. 359 00:15:56,275 --> 00:15:57,655 Bootlegging.We Get All The Electricity. 360 00:15:57,655 --> 00:15:59,000 This Is A Power Line. 361 00:15:59,000 --> 00:16:00,862 And This Is Now A Cellphone Charging Station. 362 00:16:00,862 --> 00:16:02,517 Cellphone Station.Can I Top Up? 363 00:16:02,517 --> 00:16:04,000 Do We Have A Charger For Him? 364 00:16:06,655 --> 00:16:09,000 We Got It. Got It. 365 00:16:09,000 --> 00:16:10,724 And It's Charging.It's Charging. 366 00:16:10,724 --> 00:16:12,827 So, Basically, This Is A Power Line. 367 00:16:12,827 --> 00:16:14,482 And They've -- They've Cut Into It 368 00:16:14,482 --> 00:16:17,586 And Directly Attached, Uh, Cellphone Chargers. 369 00:16:17,586 --> 00:16:20,206 It's Like Cutting Out The Wall Socket. 370 00:16:20,206 --> 00:16:22,344 How Long Do These Things Take To Charge? 371 00:16:25,586 --> 00:16:28,241 Gates: 500 Years Ago, Haiti Didn't Yet Exist. 372 00:16:28,241 --> 00:16:30,241 On Christmas Eve Of 1492, 373 00:16:30,241 --> 00:16:33,551 The Santa Maria Sailed Along Her Northern Coast. 374 00:16:33,551 --> 00:16:36,137 Columbus, According To His Log, Hands The Tiller 375 00:16:36,137 --> 00:16:38,241 To A Crewman And Goes To Sleep. 376 00:16:38,241 --> 00:16:41,172 ♪♪ 377 00:16:41,172 --> 00:16:42,965 That Crewman Leaves The Santa Maria 378 00:16:42,965 --> 00:16:44,655 In The Hands Of A Young Boy. 379 00:16:44,655 --> 00:16:46,275 It's Like Letting Your 12-Year-Old 380 00:16:46,275 --> 00:16:48,655 Pilot The Space Shuttle, 381 00:16:48,655 --> 00:16:50,655 Which Is Why, On Early Christmas Morning, 382 00:16:50,655 --> 00:16:52,620 One Of The World's Greatest Navigators 383 00:16:52,620 --> 00:16:55,034 Crashes Into A Reef Off Northern Haiti. 384 00:16:55,034 --> 00:16:58,000 ♪♪ 385 00:17:02,137 --> 00:17:04,827 [ Yelling In Native Language ] 386 00:17:04,827 --> 00:17:06,620 A Tragic Mistake. 387 00:17:06,620 --> 00:17:08,137 Or Was It? 388 00:17:08,137 --> 00:17:10,655 Columbus' Journals Were Often Filled With Misdirection. 389 00:17:10,655 --> 00:17:12,482 The Wreck And What Happens After 390 00:17:12,482 --> 00:17:15,724 Could Reveal The Darkest Secrets About Columbus. 391 00:17:15,724 --> 00:17:17,034 But In Order To Learn Them, 392 00:17:17,034 --> 00:17:20,137 We Need To Find The Greatest Lost Ship In History. 393 00:17:20,137 --> 00:17:23,586 ♪♪ 394 00:17:23,586 --> 00:17:25,655 At Haiti's National Museum, 395 00:17:25,655 --> 00:17:28,241 I Meet With Director Of Conservation Camille Louis, 396 00:17:28,241 --> 00:17:31,206 Who Shows Me A Breathtaking Connection To The Mystery. 397 00:17:31,206 --> 00:17:34,137 So Tell Me About This Incredible Artifact. 398 00:17:38,517 --> 00:17:40,586 This Is The Anchor From Columbus' Flagship? 399 00:17:40,586 --> 00:17:41,862 Absolutely. 400 00:17:41,862 --> 00:17:43,758 Was The Anchor Found In The Water? 401 00:17:48,862 --> 00:17:51,689 The Anchor, One Of Six Aboard The Santa Maria, 402 00:17:51,689 --> 00:17:55,482 Was Discovered In The Year 1700, Rusting In A Plantation Field 403 00:17:55,482 --> 00:17:57,862 Near The Northern Village Of Limonade. 404 00:17:57,862 --> 00:18:01,000 The Question Is, How Did It End Up So Far Inland? 405 00:18:12,655 --> 00:18:14,689 After The Santa Maria Runs Aground 406 00:18:14,689 --> 00:18:16,931 On Christmas Morning Of 1492, 407 00:18:16,931 --> 00:18:19,206 Columbus Makes A Shocking Decision. 408 00:18:19,206 --> 00:18:21,620 Before The Boat Sinks, He Orders The Deck Timber 409 00:18:21,620 --> 00:18:24,103 Stripped And Hauled On Shore To Build A Fort 410 00:18:24,103 --> 00:18:25,896 That He Names La Navidad. 411 00:18:25,896 --> 00:18:29,379 He Commands That 39 Men, Whose Ride Home Has Crashed, 412 00:18:29,379 --> 00:18:33,689 Will Stay Behind Until Columbus Can Return. 413 00:18:33,689 --> 00:18:35,793 And Has The Fort Itself Ever Been Found? 414 00:18:40,586 --> 00:18:43,448 The Government's Current Missions To Find La Navidad 415 00:18:43,448 --> 00:18:45,172 May Be My Best Opportunity 416 00:18:45,172 --> 00:18:47,758 To Unravel The Mystery Of The Santa Maria. 417 00:18:47,758 --> 00:18:49,965 Find The Fort, And The Rest Of The Boat, 418 00:18:49,965 --> 00:18:53,413 Along With The Truth About Columbus, Will Be Revealed. 419 00:18:53,413 --> 00:18:56,068 ♪♪ 420 00:19:02,482 --> 00:19:04,000 Gates: Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. 421 00:19:04,000 --> 00:19:06,275 I'm On My Way North To Where Christopher Columbus 422 00:19:06,275 --> 00:19:09,310 Wrecked His Flagship And Where Its Anchor Was Found. 423 00:19:09,310 --> 00:19:11,965 But If I'm Going To Join Archaeologists In Their Search, 424 00:19:11,965 --> 00:19:13,862 I've Got A Long Drive Ahead Of Me. 425 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:16,206 The Anchor Was Found Far North Of Port-Au-Prince, 426 00:19:16,206 --> 00:19:19,137 Near Haiti's Second-Largest City, Cap-Haitien. 427 00:19:19,137 --> 00:19:21,827 ♪♪ 428 00:19:21,827 --> 00:19:24,413 When You Think Of The Caribbean, 429 00:19:24,413 --> 00:19:25,793 You Don't Really Think Of Mountains, 430 00:19:25,793 --> 00:19:28,724 But In Fact, Haiti Is Very Mountainous. 431 00:19:28,724 --> 00:19:31,655 Tallest Peak On The Island Is Almost 9,000 Feet. 432 00:19:31,655 --> 00:19:34,137 And To Get From Port-Au-Prince Up To Cap-Haitien, 433 00:19:34,137 --> 00:19:35,931 We Have To Go Over The Top. 434 00:19:35,931 --> 00:19:37,965 In Haiti, No Matter The Time Of Day, 435 00:19:37,965 --> 00:19:39,827 There Are People Walking Along The Road, 436 00:19:39,827 --> 00:19:42,862 So Driving Is Dangerous For Both Me And Them. 437 00:19:42,862 --> 00:19:45,413 Fortunately, I Only Have To Hit The Brakes Once. 438 00:19:45,413 --> 00:19:47,137 And It's For This. 439 00:19:47,137 --> 00:19:50,310 ♪♪ 440 00:19:50,310 --> 00:19:51,482 Who's The Best? 441 00:19:51,482 --> 00:19:54,068 [ Man Speaks French ] 442 00:19:54,068 --> 00:19:55,275 All Right. Let Me See Your Moves, Man. 443 00:19:55,275 --> 00:19:56,689 Let Me See Your Moves. What Do You Got? 444 00:19:56,689 --> 00:19:59,413 I Mean, I Can't Just Let This Be A Spectator Sport. 445 00:19:59,413 --> 00:20:02,344 I'm Coming In. 446 00:20:02,344 --> 00:20:04,965 Slow It Down, Dude! 447 00:20:04,965 --> 00:20:07,689 Get In Here! 448 00:20:07,689 --> 00:20:09,482 Come On. We Got This. 449 00:20:09,482 --> 00:20:10,862 We Got This. 450 00:20:10,862 --> 00:20:12,379 Ma'am, You Got To Slow That Down. 451 00:20:12,379 --> 00:20:14,172 You Got To Slow That Down, Ma'am. 452 00:20:14,172 --> 00:20:17,275 ♪♪ 453 00:20:19,655 --> 00:20:21,310 Slow That Down, Ma'am. 454 00:20:21,310 --> 00:20:25,344 [ Laughter ] 455 00:20:25,344 --> 00:20:27,482 Okay, I Need A Rest Now. 456 00:20:27,482 --> 00:20:29,344 Even With The Double-Dutch Break, 457 00:20:29,344 --> 00:20:31,620 It Takes Six Hours Over Twisting Roads 458 00:20:31,620 --> 00:20:36,206 To Go Only 150 Miles To The North Shore. 459 00:20:36,206 --> 00:20:38,586 Columbus' Journals Place The Wreck Of The Santa Maria 460 00:20:38,586 --> 00:20:40,344 Near A Reef Off The Coast. 461 00:20:40,344 --> 00:20:46,241 And Recently, One American Explorer Claimed To Find It. 462 00:20:46,241 --> 00:20:48,827 To Find Out If He Did, I'll Need A Guide. 463 00:20:48,827 --> 00:20:51,172 And In Northern Haiti, Looking For Shipwrecks 464 00:20:51,172 --> 00:20:54,103 Brings You To One Man -- Jean-Claude Dicquemare. 465 00:20:54,103 --> 00:20:55,413 Bonjour. Bonjour. 466 00:20:55,413 --> 00:20:57,172 How Are You? I'm Good. 467 00:20:57,172 --> 00:20:59,241 You Ready To Go Out? Okay, Let's Do It. 468 00:20:59,241 --> 00:21:01,206 Don't Let His Age Fool You. 469 00:21:01,206 --> 00:21:03,103 Jean-Claude Is A Machine. 470 00:21:03,103 --> 00:21:06,103 He's Been Documenting Wrecks In Haiti For 40 Years 471 00:21:06,103 --> 00:21:08,965 And Even Worked Alongside Cousteau Aboard The Calypso. 472 00:21:08,965 --> 00:21:11,310 This Guy Is Full Steve Zissou. 473 00:21:11,310 --> 00:21:14,344 This Is For Me? Captain? 474 00:21:14,344 --> 00:21:15,517 Souvenir, Captain. 475 00:21:15,517 --> 00:21:17,379 Captain, Admiral.Admiral, Yeah. 476 00:21:17,379 --> 00:21:21,724 ♪♪ 477 00:21:21,724 --> 00:21:24,724 Most Of The Known Shipwrecks In This Area 478 00:21:24,724 --> 00:21:26,517 Were Discovered By Jean-Claude. 479 00:21:26,517 --> 00:21:29,000 But There's One That Has Eluded His Grasp. 480 00:21:29,000 --> 00:21:30,724 How Many Wrecks Out Here? 481 00:21:30,724 --> 00:21:32,827 257. 482 00:21:32,827 --> 00:21:34,344 257? 483 00:21:34,344 --> 00:21:36,000 Right.Wow. 484 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:41,965 ♪♪ 485 00:21:41,965 --> 00:21:45,620 In 2013, Famed American Explorer Barry Clifford Found A Wreck 486 00:21:45,620 --> 00:21:48,586 Nearby That He Claimed Was The Santa Maria. 487 00:21:48,586 --> 00:21:50,724 Case Closed? Hardly. 488 00:21:50,724 --> 00:21:52,310 Since The Wreck Is So Old, 489 00:21:52,310 --> 00:21:54,620 Most Of What's Left Are Ballast Stones, 490 00:21:54,620 --> 00:21:57,310 Large Rocks Used To Stabilize The Boat. 491 00:21:57,310 --> 00:22:01,275 Many Disagreed With Clifford's Claim, Including Jean-Claude. 492 00:22:01,275 --> 00:22:03,206 So, How Many Years Have You Been Looking 493 00:22:03,206 --> 00:22:04,310 For The Santa Maria? 494 00:22:04,310 --> 00:22:06,517 About, Uh, 15 Years.15 Years. 495 00:22:06,517 --> 00:22:08,862 The Boat That Everybody Talked About In The News, 496 00:22:08,862 --> 00:22:10,344 With Barry Clifford, That Boat... 497 00:22:10,344 --> 00:22:11,655 Mm....Is That The Santa Maria? 498 00:22:11,655 --> 00:22:13,310 Mm, I Don't Think So. No? 499 00:22:13,310 --> 00:22:14,655 So You Think It's Still Out There? 500 00:22:14,655 --> 00:22:16,413 Yeah.Yeah. 501 00:22:16,413 --> 00:22:19,517 Where Do You Think The Reef Is That The Santa Mariahit? 502 00:22:19,517 --> 00:22:20,896 North Of Cap-Haitien. 503 00:22:20,896 --> 00:22:22,310 Cap-Haitien Is Here. And North Is Here. 504 00:22:22,310 --> 00:22:23,965 So, Somewhere Off Here?Somewhere Out There. 505 00:22:23,965 --> 00:22:25,620 And You Can See Reef, Like Right Here, Right? 506 00:22:25,620 --> 00:22:27,000 Yeah. That's Reef. 507 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,137 Plenty Of Reef.Lots Of Reef. 508 00:22:28,137 --> 00:22:30,103 So Many Places For Him To Wreck. 509 00:22:30,103 --> 00:22:32,413 Over There. Over There.Over There. Over There. 510 00:22:32,413 --> 00:22:34,620 It's Not Easy, Right?Not At All. 511 00:22:34,620 --> 00:22:37,172 And Now The Verdict Seems To Be In. 512 00:22:37,172 --> 00:22:39,655 Recently, U.N. Experts Studied The Find 513 00:22:39,655 --> 00:22:41,793 And Declared That The Wreck Isn't Old Enough 514 00:22:41,793 --> 00:22:43,448 To Be The Lost Ship. 515 00:22:43,448 --> 00:22:46,689 ♪♪ 516 00:22:46,689 --> 00:22:49,758 Jean-Claude Has Two New Leads On Possible Wrecks, 517 00:22:49,758 --> 00:22:52,172 Both From The Local Fishermen Who've Had Their Lines 518 00:22:52,172 --> 00:22:54,413 Snagged On Something Just Off The Coast. 519 00:22:54,413 --> 00:22:59,206 ♪♪ 520 00:22:59,206 --> 00:23:01,275 The Old Size Medium Bc 521 00:23:01,275 --> 00:23:04,793 Because When You Look At Me, You Think Medium. 522 00:23:04,793 --> 00:23:07,896 ♪♪ 523 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:25,620 Under The Surface Is The World's Greatest Undiscovered Museum, 524 00:23:25,620 --> 00:23:28,965 The Remains Of Untold Ships Swept Into These Reefs 525 00:23:28,965 --> 00:23:30,586 By Erratic Currents. 526 00:23:30,586 --> 00:23:32,068 It Doesn't Take Long 527 00:23:32,068 --> 00:23:34,758 Before We See What Shredded The Local Fishermen's Nets -- 528 00:23:34,758 --> 00:23:38,551 Jagged Metal Rising Up From The Ocean Floor. 529 00:23:52,896 --> 00:23:58,517 ♪♪ 530 00:24:04,275 --> 00:24:06,620 Gates: Under The Waves Off The Northern Coast Of Haiti, 531 00:24:06,620 --> 00:24:08,862 Expert Diver Jean-Claude Dicquemare And I 532 00:24:08,862 --> 00:24:11,000 Have Been Scouring The Sea Floor For Evidence 533 00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:14,724 Of Christopher Columbus' Lost Ship, The Santa Maria. 534 00:24:14,724 --> 00:24:17,620 What We Find Is Almost Beyond Description. 535 00:24:17,620 --> 00:24:19,000 ♪♪ 536 00:24:45,655 --> 00:24:47,482 The Wreck Is Both Far Too Large 537 00:24:47,482 --> 00:24:50,413 And Far Too Modern To Be The Santa Maria. 538 00:24:50,413 --> 00:24:53,172 It's More Likely A 20Th-Century Cargo Freighter 539 00:24:53,172 --> 00:24:57,448 That Hit The Same Reef Columbus Smashed Into 500 Years Earlier. 540 00:24:57,448 --> 00:24:58,793 And As I Soon Discover, 541 00:24:58,793 --> 00:25:01,137 There May Be More Here Than Meets The Eye. 542 00:25:01,137 --> 00:25:02,482 ♪♪ 543 00:25:18,310 --> 00:25:20,310 These Are Ancient Amphoras, 544 00:25:20,310 --> 00:25:23,310 Ceramic Vessels That Date Back Centuries. 545 00:25:34,379 --> 00:25:39,172 ♪♪ 546 00:25:39,172 --> 00:25:41,517 Crusted Over By Time And The Elements 547 00:25:41,517 --> 00:25:43,793 Is The Barrel Of A Historic Cannon. 548 00:25:43,793 --> 00:25:45,310 ♪♪ 549 00:25:50,206 --> 00:25:53,000 This Is A Cannon From The 1500S. 550 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:56,068 It And The Rest Of This Wreck Has Never Been Documented. 551 00:25:56,068 --> 00:25:59,068 ♪♪ 552 00:25:59,068 --> 00:26:00,758 However, The Cannon 553 00:26:00,758 --> 00:26:03,310 Doesn't Match The Type Aboard Columbus' Ship. 554 00:26:03,310 --> 00:26:06,827 This Is Likely A Weapon From About 50 To 100 Years Later, 555 00:26:06,827 --> 00:26:09,931 When Other Explorers Followed In Columbus' Wake. 556 00:26:09,931 --> 00:26:12,034 ♪♪ 557 00:26:14,413 --> 00:26:15,896 I Head To The Surface, 558 00:26:15,896 --> 00:26:19,310 Speechless At Having Been Able To Find Something So Historic. 559 00:26:19,310 --> 00:26:23,413 ♪♪ 560 00:26:23,413 --> 00:26:24,758 Man: How Was It? 561 00:26:24,758 --> 00:26:27,241 For Me, This Was The Dive Of A Lifetime. 562 00:26:27,241 --> 00:26:30,034 For Jean-Claude, It's Tuesday. 563 00:26:30,034 --> 00:26:31,965 The Hunt Continues. 564 00:26:31,965 --> 00:26:36,862 ♪♪ 565 00:26:36,862 --> 00:26:40,241 It Turns Out That Not Everyone Is Looking In The Same Place. 566 00:26:40,241 --> 00:26:42,517 One Historian Has Proposed A New Theory 567 00:26:42,517 --> 00:26:46,034 That Could Turn Everything We Know About Columbus Upside Down. 568 00:26:46,034 --> 00:26:48,862 I'm Meeting With Him In Haiti's Second-Largest City. 569 00:26:48,862 --> 00:26:54,482 ♪♪ 570 00:26:54,482 --> 00:26:55,896 This Is Cap-Haitien. 571 00:26:55,896 --> 00:26:59,448 At One Point, This Was The Richest City In The Caribbean. 572 00:26:59,448 --> 00:27:02,310 Today, It Is A Brightly Colored Maze 573 00:27:02,310 --> 00:27:05,793 Of Streets, Equal Parts Charm And Chaos. 574 00:27:05,793 --> 00:27:10,758 ♪♪ 575 00:27:10,758 --> 00:27:13,724 Cap-Haitien Is A City Waiting For A Comeback. 576 00:27:13,724 --> 00:27:16,551 Look Past The Chipped Paint And The Faded Signs. 577 00:27:16,551 --> 00:27:20,517 Underneath, This Place Is Absolutely Alive. 578 00:27:20,517 --> 00:27:22,965 Oh, Yeah. I Got It. 579 00:27:22,965 --> 00:27:25,241 ♪♪ 580 00:27:25,241 --> 00:27:27,068 [ Laughter ] 581 00:27:27,068 --> 00:27:28,620 Okay. Nice Work. High Five. 582 00:27:28,620 --> 00:27:32,931 ♪♪ 583 00:27:32,931 --> 00:27:35,482 Columbus Was So Obsessed With Shimmering Gold 584 00:27:35,482 --> 00:27:39,172 That He Hardly Noticed Some Of The Island's Natural Riches. 585 00:27:39,172 --> 00:27:42,310 In His Logs, He Described Walking Right Past Natives 586 00:27:42,310 --> 00:27:43,793 Who Were Drying Out Leaves. 587 00:27:43,793 --> 00:27:45,482 If He'd Bothered To Investigate, 588 00:27:45,482 --> 00:27:47,655 He Could've Been The Richest Man In The World 589 00:27:47,655 --> 00:27:50,551 By Introducing Tobacco To Europe. 590 00:27:50,551 --> 00:27:54,965 So, As The First European To Set Foot In The New World, 591 00:27:54,965 --> 00:27:57,275 Columbus Tried To Chronicle All Of The Things 592 00:27:57,275 --> 00:27:58,482 That He Found Here. 593 00:27:58,482 --> 00:28:00,103 He Tried To Describe A Fruit 594 00:28:00,103 --> 00:28:03,137 That Had Never Been Seen By Anybody In Europe At This Point. 595 00:28:03,137 --> 00:28:04,965 He Didn't Have A Name For It. 596 00:28:04,965 --> 00:28:06,793 Today, We Know It As A Pineapple. 597 00:28:06,793 --> 00:28:10,655 ♪♪ 598 00:28:10,655 --> 00:28:12,034 I'm Pulled Away From The Fun 599 00:28:12,034 --> 00:28:14,827 When I Get A Call On My Emergency Satellite Phone. 600 00:28:14,827 --> 00:28:16,310 This Thing Doesn't Ring Often, 601 00:28:16,310 --> 00:28:18,275 And When It Does, It's For A Reason. 602 00:28:22,068 --> 00:28:23,827 I'm Gonna Need A Minute. [ Chuckles ] 603 00:28:28,137 --> 00:28:30,448 [ Clears Throat ] 604 00:28:30,448 --> 00:28:31,793 I Just Found Out That I'm Gonna Be A Dad. 605 00:28:31,793 --> 00:28:35,310 -Oh, My God. -Yeah! 606 00:28:35,310 --> 00:28:38,586 -Congratulations. -Welcome To The Club, Buddy. 607 00:28:38,586 --> 00:28:40,344 Welcome To The Club. -Yeah. 608 00:28:40,344 --> 00:28:42,241 Whoo. 609 00:28:42,241 --> 00:28:43,689 Congratulations. Thanks. 610 00:28:43,689 --> 00:28:45,206 Awesome. 611 00:28:45,206 --> 00:28:47,413 Gates: It's Gonna Take A Few Minutes For My Brain To Reboot. 612 00:28:47,413 --> 00:28:51,068 In Fact, I'll Let You Know When It Finishes. 613 00:28:51,068 --> 00:28:54,413 Well, New Life In The New World. 614 00:28:54,413 --> 00:28:55,931 Look At That. 615 00:28:55,931 --> 00:28:57,413 Okay, Josh. Get It Together. 616 00:28:57,413 --> 00:28:59,413 There's No Crying In Exploration. 617 00:28:59,413 --> 00:29:00,793 Whoo! 618 00:29:00,793 --> 00:29:06,172 ♪♪ 619 00:29:06,172 --> 00:29:08,413 So Far, All Of The People Searching For The Ship 620 00:29:08,413 --> 00:29:11,655 Have Based Their Work On Columbus' Own Logs And Maps, 621 00:29:11,655 --> 00:29:13,482 Sources That Are Suspect. 622 00:29:13,482 --> 00:29:16,000 But What If Columbus Changed More Than Just A Few Numbers 623 00:29:16,000 --> 00:29:17,206 In His Log? 624 00:29:17,206 --> 00:29:20,000 What If He Lied About The Event Altogether? 625 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:25,137 ♪♪ 626 00:29:25,137 --> 00:29:27,000 I Meet Historian Manuel Rosa, 627 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:28,689 Who Has A Groundbreaking New Theory 628 00:29:28,689 --> 00:29:31,310 That Could Literally Change Every History Textbook 629 00:29:31,310 --> 00:29:33,310 In The World. 630 00:29:33,310 --> 00:29:34,586 Manuel. Hey, Josh. 631 00:29:34,586 --> 00:29:35,758 Good To Meet You.Nice To Meet You, Too. 632 00:29:35,758 --> 00:29:36,965 How Are You?Good. 633 00:29:36,965 --> 00:29:38,655 I'm Told That When It Comes To Columbus, 634 00:29:38,655 --> 00:29:40,000 You're A Man With A Lot Of Info. 635 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,827 Yeah, 24 Years Of Researching Columbus. 636 00:29:41,827 --> 00:29:43,724 And I Uncovered A Lot Of Dirt.Okay. 637 00:29:43,724 --> 00:29:45,137 So, How Do We Understand Him? 638 00:29:45,137 --> 00:29:46,482 If You Really Want To Understand Columbus, 639 00:29:46,482 --> 00:29:47,827 You Have To Retrace His Route. 640 00:29:47,827 --> 00:29:49,620 Retrace His Route? Let's Do It. Come On. 641 00:29:49,620 --> 00:29:52,965 ♪♪ 642 00:29:52,965 --> 00:29:54,517 We Head Back Toward The Reef 643 00:29:54,517 --> 00:29:56,482 Where Columbus Supposedly Wrecked. 644 00:29:56,482 --> 00:30:00,896 But Manuel Paints A Very Different Picture Of The Event. 645 00:30:00,896 --> 00:30:02,482 Orient Me A Little Bit. Where Are We? 646 00:30:02,482 --> 00:30:04,413 Okay. So We're In The Bay Of Cap-Haitien. 647 00:30:04,413 --> 00:30:05,965 Columbus Called It Mount Caribata, 648 00:30:05,965 --> 00:30:07,758 Which Is That High Peak There. 649 00:30:07,758 --> 00:30:10,793 And On December 24, 1492, 650 00:30:10,793 --> 00:30:14,103 He Says That The Santa Maria Was Roughly In This Area 651 00:30:14,103 --> 00:30:15,310 Before He Went To Sleep. 652 00:30:15,310 --> 00:30:16,448 And If It's True, 653 00:30:16,448 --> 00:30:18,482 Then We Would Be Sitting Right Near The Spot 654 00:30:18,482 --> 00:30:21,103 Where His Flagship Was Lost. 655 00:30:21,103 --> 00:30:24,137 Columbus Had Already Seen And Charted The Massive Reef 656 00:30:24,137 --> 00:30:25,724 That Buffets This Side Of The Island 657 00:30:25,724 --> 00:30:27,862 And Spent Time Anchoring Inside Of It, 658 00:30:27,862 --> 00:30:29,172 Where It Was Calm. 659 00:30:29,172 --> 00:30:32,000 Yet According To His Logs, He Smashed Into It 660 00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:34,758 From The Oceanside In The Dead Of Night. 661 00:30:34,758 --> 00:30:36,862 You Have A Different Version Of His Story. 662 00:30:36,862 --> 00:30:38,793 Oh, Yes, Because None Of It Made Any Sense. 663 00:30:38,793 --> 00:30:40,827 The Whole Scenario About The Santa Maria 664 00:30:40,827 --> 00:30:43,931 Wrecking On This Reef Is False. 665 00:30:43,931 --> 00:30:45,310 He Was An Expert Mariner. 666 00:30:45,310 --> 00:30:47,241 He Knew Where He Was Every Hour Of The Day. 667 00:30:47,241 --> 00:30:48,793 He Knew Exactly Where He Was Going. 668 00:30:48,793 --> 00:30:51,655 Manuel Finds It Inconceivable That Columbus Would Have 669 00:30:51,655 --> 00:30:54,689 Fallen Asleep With The Ship Outside The Deadly Reef. 670 00:30:54,689 --> 00:30:57,310 Even I Have To Admit It Does Seem Weird. 671 00:30:57,310 --> 00:31:00,344 Instead, He Thinks He Wrecked The Boat On Purpose. 672 00:31:00,344 --> 00:31:01,758 But Why? 673 00:31:01,758 --> 00:31:05,482 Columbus Wanted To Leave The Santa Mariabehind 674 00:31:05,482 --> 00:31:08,172 So, When He Got To Spain, He Had A Reason To Return 675 00:31:08,172 --> 00:31:11,137 Because If Everybody Made It Back To Spain Safe And Sound, 676 00:31:11,137 --> 00:31:12,724 There Was No Reason To Return. 677 00:31:12,724 --> 00:31:16,379 So He Had To Leave A Reason To Force A Second Voyage. 678 00:31:16,379 --> 00:31:20,103 And He Invented The Whole Story About The Ship Wrecking. 679 00:31:20,103 --> 00:31:21,586 According To Columbus, 680 00:31:21,586 --> 00:31:24,137 The Timbers From The Ship Were Pulled Ashore To Make A Fort, 681 00:31:24,137 --> 00:31:27,620 La Navidad, Where He Left 39 Of His Men Behind. 682 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:31,758 ♪♪ 683 00:31:31,758 --> 00:31:33,655 And You Don't Think There's Any Possibility 684 00:31:33,655 --> 00:31:35,413 That Columbus Just Screwed Up, 685 00:31:35,413 --> 00:31:36,620 Was In The Wrong Place 686 00:31:36,620 --> 00:31:39,413 When He Went To Sleep And Wrecked The Ship. 687 00:31:39,413 --> 00:31:41,655 No. You See, Columbus Was -- 688 00:31:41,655 --> 00:31:43,827 Like I Told You, He Was A Genius At Sailing. 689 00:31:43,827 --> 00:31:45,586 Everything He Did Was Very Well-Planned. 690 00:31:45,586 --> 00:31:47,448 Right. And This Is Why 691 00:31:47,448 --> 00:31:50,034 You Should Question Everything You've Been Told. 692 00:31:50,034 --> 00:31:51,655 Where Do We Look For The Santa Maria? 693 00:31:51,655 --> 00:31:53,275 You're Gonna Look For It Near A River, 694 00:31:53,275 --> 00:31:55,103 Which He Said There Was, 695 00:31:55,103 --> 00:31:57,137 Uh, Where They Could Get Fresh Water, 696 00:31:57,137 --> 00:31:58,931 Somewhere Where It's Easy To Drag Up On Shore. 697 00:31:58,931 --> 00:32:00,896 So It Would Have To Be, You Know, Flat Beach. 698 00:32:00,896 --> 00:32:03,655 And Then On A Place That's Gonna Be Easily Defended 699 00:32:03,655 --> 00:32:06,482 Against, You Know, Possibly With Water On Two Sides. 700 00:32:06,482 --> 00:32:08,793 So, You Think That's Where The Santa Mariaended Up? 701 00:32:08,793 --> 00:32:09,896 Yes, It Is. 702 00:32:09,896 --> 00:32:11,275 I Think We Should Go Look For It. 703 00:32:11,275 --> 00:32:13,413 Okay. Let's Go Find It. 704 00:32:13,413 --> 00:32:15,137 According To Manuel's Research, 705 00:32:15,137 --> 00:32:17,344 We're Quickly Approaching The Area He Believes 706 00:32:17,344 --> 00:32:20,862 The Remains Of The Santa Maria Were Pulled Ashore. 707 00:32:20,862 --> 00:32:21,931 Okay. Hi, Guys. 708 00:32:21,931 --> 00:32:23,310 To Get Into The Shallows, 709 00:32:23,310 --> 00:32:25,310 We Hitch A Ride With Some Local Fishermen. 710 00:32:25,310 --> 00:32:29,620 ♪♪ 711 00:32:29,620 --> 00:32:31,206 This Is It. 712 00:32:31,206 --> 00:32:34,000 This Is Where Columbus Arrived Over 500 Years Ago. 713 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:41,103 ♪♪ 714 00:32:41,103 --> 00:32:44,000 We Make Landfall And Immediately Set Up Our Equipment 715 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:48,482 To Find Any Metallic Remnants That Hail From The Santa Maria. 716 00:32:48,482 --> 00:32:50,758 Okay. So Chances Are, 717 00:32:50,758 --> 00:32:52,517 The Coast Would've Been Further In... 718 00:32:52,517 --> 00:32:53,931 Right....During Columbus' Time. 719 00:32:53,931 --> 00:32:55,896 It Really Is Needle-In-A-Haystack Territory. 720 00:32:55,896 --> 00:32:57,586 Sure. But That's Okay. 721 00:32:57,586 --> 00:32:59,724 [ Metal Detector Beeping ] 722 00:32:59,724 --> 00:33:01,275 ♪♪ 723 00:33:01,275 --> 00:33:02,724 Gates: We Got Something Here. 724 00:33:02,724 --> 00:33:05,724 No. Here? 725 00:33:05,724 --> 00:33:07,620 Something There For Sure. 726 00:33:07,620 --> 00:33:13,344 ♪♪ 727 00:33:13,344 --> 00:33:16,793 [ Beeping ] 728 00:33:16,793 --> 00:33:18,655 That's A Big Hit. 729 00:33:18,655 --> 00:33:22,206 Something Right Here. 730 00:33:22,206 --> 00:33:24,344 What Is This? 731 00:33:24,344 --> 00:33:27,068 ♪♪ 732 00:33:32,310 --> 00:33:35,172 Gates: Researcher Manuel Rosa And I Are Searching For Evidence 733 00:33:35,172 --> 00:33:37,482 To Support His Radical New Theory 734 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:40,655 That The Santa Maria'sdemise Was No Accident. 735 00:33:40,655 --> 00:33:42,620 There's Something Right Here. 736 00:33:42,620 --> 00:33:44,965 [ Beeping ] 737 00:33:44,965 --> 00:33:49,482 ♪♪ 738 00:33:49,482 --> 00:33:51,034 Here We Go. 739 00:33:51,034 --> 00:33:53,413 There It Is. 740 00:33:53,413 --> 00:33:54,793 Yeah, A Piece Of Pipe. 741 00:33:54,793 --> 00:33:56,103 It Looks Very Old, Very Worn, 742 00:33:56,103 --> 00:33:57,517 But This Could Literally Be From Anything. 743 00:33:57,517 --> 00:33:59,586 Sure. It Could Also Be From The Santa Maria. 744 00:33:59,586 --> 00:34:00,620 You Never Know, Right? 745 00:34:00,620 --> 00:34:01,896 We'd Need A Little Bit More Than That. 746 00:34:01,896 --> 00:34:05,310 So Let's Keep Exploring. 747 00:34:05,310 --> 00:34:06,896 Like Everywhere Else In Haiti, 748 00:34:06,896 --> 00:34:08,827 You're Never Alone For Very Long. 749 00:34:08,827 --> 00:34:10,965 A Local Farmer Takes Notice Of Our Work 750 00:34:10,965 --> 00:34:12,000 And Comes Over To Chat. 751 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,793 Bonjour. Bonjour. 752 00:34:15,793 --> 00:34:16,793 How Are You? 753 00:34:16,793 --> 00:34:18,172 Salut. Salut. 754 00:34:18,172 --> 00:34:19,517 We're -- We're Looking For, 755 00:34:19,517 --> 00:34:22,137 Um, The Remains Of Something Wooden 756 00:34:22,137 --> 00:34:24,000 Or, Uh, Like, Pieces Of Metal. 757 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:25,413 [ Dicquemare Speaks French ] 758 00:34:25,413 --> 00:34:27,310 You Have? Oui. 759 00:34:27,310 --> 00:34:28,965 [ Speaks French ]This Way? 760 00:34:28,965 --> 00:34:30,965 Mm-Hmm. Please. 761 00:34:30,965 --> 00:34:34,000 ♪♪ 762 00:34:43,172 --> 00:34:45,620 Oh, Look At That.Oh, My God. 763 00:34:45,620 --> 00:34:48,275 Look At That. 764 00:34:48,275 --> 00:34:50,862 That Is A Cannon! 765 00:34:50,862 --> 00:34:52,517 [ Metal Detector Beeping ] 766 00:34:52,517 --> 00:34:54,965 It's Metal.That's Metal, All Right. 767 00:34:54,965 --> 00:34:56,448 Just Out Here In The Open. 768 00:34:56,448 --> 00:34:58,758 There's Probably Either The Remains Of A Fort Here 769 00:34:58,758 --> 00:35:00,413 Or The Remains Of A Ship. You Know? 770 00:35:00,413 --> 00:35:02,413 Yes. It Didn't Float Here On The Waves. 771 00:35:02,413 --> 00:35:03,931 Right. We Know That Columbus 772 00:35:03,931 --> 00:35:05,862 Did Have Cannons On The Santa Maria,Right? 773 00:35:05,862 --> 00:35:07,482 Yes. He Left Some Cannons Behind. 774 00:35:07,482 --> 00:35:09,655 At Least, He Would've Had To Leave At Least One Because 775 00:35:09,655 --> 00:35:11,517 When They Returned On The Second Voyage, 776 00:35:11,517 --> 00:35:12,827 He's Out Here In The Bay 777 00:35:12,827 --> 00:35:16,103 Trying To Meet Up With The People Left Back At Navidad, 778 00:35:16,103 --> 00:35:19,103 They Fire The Cannon From The, Uh, Nina. 779 00:35:19,103 --> 00:35:20,310 [ Explosion ] 780 00:35:20,310 --> 00:35:22,310 And They Were Expecting A Reply From Navidad. 781 00:35:22,310 --> 00:35:24,034 And That Reply Never Came. 782 00:35:24,034 --> 00:35:26,103 And They Began To Suspect That Something Had Happened 783 00:35:26,103 --> 00:35:27,482 To The People He Left Behind. 784 00:35:27,482 --> 00:35:28,793 So, What Do You Think? 785 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:31,310 Could We Be Looking At The Cannon From The Santa Maria? 786 00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:33,689 No, I -- I Would Say That They Probably Left 787 00:35:33,689 --> 00:35:35,586 Behind A Small -- A Small Cannon. 788 00:35:35,586 --> 00:35:37,551 They Wouldn't Have Left Something This Big. 789 00:35:37,551 --> 00:35:39,241 I Would Say This Looks Later, Wouldn't You? 790 00:35:39,241 --> 00:35:41,241 Yeah, And I Don't Think The Santa Mariahad Cannons This Big Anyway. 791 00:35:41,241 --> 00:35:43,586 Yeah, This Looks Huge. 792 00:35:43,586 --> 00:35:46,241 The Cannon Is Too Large For The Santa Maria, 793 00:35:46,241 --> 00:35:48,241 But It Is Likely From A Spanish Fort 794 00:35:48,241 --> 00:35:51,241 Established Here After Columbus' Second Voyage. 795 00:35:51,241 --> 00:35:55,310 And Yet It Remains Totally Unexcavated, Sinking In The Mud. 796 00:35:55,310 --> 00:35:56,793 It's A Piece Of History, You Know? 797 00:35:56,793 --> 00:35:58,586 Though It May Not Be From That Fort, 798 00:35:58,586 --> 00:36:00,862 It Is Part Of The History That Followed. 799 00:36:00,862 --> 00:36:02,137 Exactly. You Know? 800 00:36:02,137 --> 00:36:03,758 This Is Probably Just The Tip Of The Iceberg Here. 801 00:36:03,758 --> 00:36:06,000 Sure. With A Good Archaeologist, 802 00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:07,965 They Might Find Quite A Few Things Around Here, 803 00:36:07,965 --> 00:36:09,724 Valuable Things For The History Of Haiti. 804 00:36:09,724 --> 00:36:12,655 It's Just Incredible To Think That You Can Come 805 00:36:12,655 --> 00:36:14,034 To A Place Like This, 806 00:36:14,034 --> 00:36:15,689 And You Can Actually Come Upon Something 807 00:36:15,689 --> 00:36:18,206 That Is Still Sitting Where It Was Left. 808 00:36:18,206 --> 00:36:19,275 Thank You Very Much. Merci. 809 00:36:19,275 --> 00:36:21,413 Merci. Merci. 810 00:36:21,413 --> 00:36:24,551 ♪♪ 811 00:36:29,793 --> 00:36:31,689 Gates: Nearby, There's A Haitian Archaeologist 812 00:36:31,689 --> 00:36:34,103 Who's Taking A Different Approach To The Mystery. 813 00:36:34,103 --> 00:36:36,620 He, Too, Thinks The Key To Locating The Santa Maria 814 00:36:36,620 --> 00:36:38,448 Is To Find Her Remains On Land, 815 00:36:38,448 --> 00:36:40,620 And He's Searching Just Down The Coast. 816 00:36:40,620 --> 00:36:42,448 I Walk Into Town To Link Up With Him, 817 00:36:42,448 --> 00:36:45,172 That Is, If I Don't Get Hit By A Bus. 818 00:36:45,172 --> 00:36:46,275 Hi. How Are You Doing? 819 00:36:46,275 --> 00:36:47,655 How You Doing, Man? Good. 820 00:36:47,655 --> 00:36:49,517 This Is A Busy Intersection To Meet At. 821 00:36:49,517 --> 00:36:50,862 Yes, It Is, But, You Know, 822 00:36:50,862 --> 00:36:53,206 It's The Right Spot Because We Need To Catch A Ride. 823 00:36:53,206 --> 00:36:55,000 Catch A Ride?Oh, We Have To Catch This One. 824 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,586 That's It? Yes. 825 00:36:56,586 --> 00:36:58,965 To Get There, We're Taking Public Transportation, 826 00:36:58,965 --> 00:37:02,241 And In Haiti, There's No Bus Stops. 827 00:37:02,241 --> 00:37:03,551 Whoo! 828 00:37:03,551 --> 00:37:05,482 Wow. We Made It. 829 00:37:05,482 --> 00:37:08,275 ♪♪ 830 00:37:14,275 --> 00:37:15,827 Like Most Things In Haiti, 831 00:37:15,827 --> 00:37:18,896 The Tap-Tap System Is Totally Unregulated. 832 00:37:18,896 --> 00:37:21,172 This Is The Action Up Here. 833 00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:22,586 Norestin: Can You Feel The Breeze There? 834 00:37:22,586 --> 00:37:23,827 Yeah! This Is Great. 835 00:37:23,827 --> 00:37:28,206 This Is -- This Is What It's All About. 836 00:37:28,206 --> 00:37:30,068 Each Truck Fits About A Dozen People, 837 00:37:30,068 --> 00:37:33,137 And When You're Ready To Bail, You Just Tap The Roof. 838 00:37:33,137 --> 00:37:36,724 ♪♪ 839 00:37:36,724 --> 00:37:38,689 Tap, Tap. Yes, Here We Go. 840 00:37:38,689 --> 00:37:41,793 We're Here.Okay. 841 00:37:41,793 --> 00:37:43,172 We Arrive At Our Stop 842 00:37:43,172 --> 00:37:45,724 And Make Our Way On Foot Toward A Field Where Alain 843 00:37:45,724 --> 00:37:49,034 Is Certain That The Remains Of La Navidad Will Be Found. 844 00:37:49,034 --> 00:37:52,379 The Only Question For Him Is Will It Be Found Today? 845 00:37:52,379 --> 00:37:57,000 ♪♪ 846 00:38:03,310 --> 00:38:04,827 Gates: I Didn't Expect 847 00:38:04,827 --> 00:38:06,310 That The Search For Columbus' Ship 848 00:38:06,310 --> 00:38:08,517 Would Lead To A Field. 849 00:38:08,517 --> 00:38:11,482 But We Call This Place En Bas Saline. 850 00:38:11,482 --> 00:38:13,172 En Bas Saline? Yes. 851 00:38:13,172 --> 00:38:15,482 Gates: En Bas Saline Is The Name Of An Ancient Settlement 852 00:38:15,482 --> 00:38:18,620 Of Indigenous People Known As The Taino. 853 00:38:18,620 --> 00:38:19,793 Contrary To The Myth 854 00:38:19,793 --> 00:38:21,862 That Columbus Discovered The New World, 855 00:38:21,862 --> 00:38:24,275 When His Three Ships Arrived In The Caribbean, 856 00:38:24,275 --> 00:38:27,103 The Islands Were Positively Swarming With Life. 857 00:38:27,103 --> 00:38:30,310 By Some Estimates, There Were More Than 1 Million Taino 858 00:38:30,310 --> 00:38:32,482 Living In The Islands Off North America. 859 00:38:36,896 --> 00:38:38,137 Uh-Huh? 860 00:38:47,689 --> 00:38:50,000 How Was He Received By The Taino People? 861 00:38:58,689 --> 00:39:00,931 To The Taino, Columbus And His Crew 862 00:39:00,931 --> 00:39:04,448 May As Well Be Gods -- Fair Skin, Huge Ships, 863 00:39:04,448 --> 00:39:07,586 And The Taino Have Never Even Seen Metal Before. 864 00:39:07,586 --> 00:39:08,931 At First Contact, 865 00:39:08,931 --> 00:39:11,275 One Of Them Innocently Grabs The Blade Of A Sword 866 00:39:11,275 --> 00:39:13,034 And Draws Blood -- 867 00:39:13,034 --> 00:39:15,517 A Prophetic Moment For What Is To Come. 868 00:39:15,517 --> 00:39:19,586 Columbus Is Welcomed Warmly And Leaves 39 Men In La Navidad, 869 00:39:19,586 --> 00:39:23,034 Surrounded By The Taino. 870 00:39:23,034 --> 00:39:26,379 When He Returns 11 Months Later, The Fort Will Be Destroyed, 871 00:39:26,379 --> 00:39:29,413 And All The Men Will Be Dead. 872 00:39:29,413 --> 00:39:33,172 What Happens In Those 11 Months To Sour The Relationship? 873 00:39:33,172 --> 00:39:36,241 Finding La Navidad May Be The Key To Learning The Truth 874 00:39:36,241 --> 00:39:40,931 And What Role Columbus Played In The Death Of His Men. 875 00:39:40,931 --> 00:39:43,379 And You Think That That Fort Could Be Here? 876 00:39:44,379 --> 00:39:45,413 Yeah? 877 00:39:48,655 --> 00:39:50,827 It's Incredible To Think That This Pivotal Moment 878 00:39:50,827 --> 00:39:53,000 In History May Have Happened Right Near Here. 879 00:39:54,310 --> 00:39:55,344 Yeah. 880 00:39:58,275 --> 00:40:00,862 Alain Is Systematically Excavating The Fields 881 00:40:00,862 --> 00:40:03,793 Near The Location Where Columbus' Anchor Was Found. 882 00:40:03,793 --> 00:40:07,724 ♪♪ 883 00:40:07,724 --> 00:40:09,758 All Right, Columbus. Come On. 884 00:40:09,758 --> 00:40:10,896 Where's Your Boat? 885 00:40:10,896 --> 00:40:14,000 ♪♪ 886 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,241 We Spent Hours In The 95-Degree Heat, 887 00:40:16,241 --> 00:40:18,413 Digging Up Portions Of The Field. 888 00:40:18,413 --> 00:40:23,068 Archaeologically Speaking, It's A Treasure Trove. 889 00:40:23,068 --> 00:40:25,655 Everywhere We Put A Shovel, We Get Something. 890 00:40:25,655 --> 00:40:28,068 [ Speaks French ] 891 00:40:28,068 --> 00:40:30,310 Gates: Stop, Stop, Stop. 892 00:40:30,310 --> 00:40:31,310 Look At That. 893 00:40:31,310 --> 00:40:33,137 Seashell. 894 00:40:33,137 --> 00:40:34,655 So You Find A Lot Of Those Here, Yeah? 895 00:40:38,793 --> 00:40:40,862 Gates: The Seashells Here Are Telling. 896 00:40:40,862 --> 00:40:43,137 Their Presence Means That They Were Brought Inland 897 00:40:43,137 --> 00:40:46,862 And That This Was A Settlement, Perhaps Even La Navidad Itself. 898 00:40:46,862 --> 00:40:49,931 ♪♪ 899 00:40:58,206 --> 00:41:00,275 [ Speaks French ]Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 900 00:41:00,275 --> 00:41:01,344 Right There. 901 00:41:01,344 --> 00:41:04,344 ♪♪ 902 00:41:09,862 --> 00:41:12,517 Down Here Is Where The Bones Of Christopher Columbus 903 00:41:12,517 --> 00:41:14,586 Were Kept For Centuries. 904 00:41:14,586 --> 00:41:17,655 You Feel 100% Confident That He's Here. 905 00:41:17,655 --> 00:41:19,655 I Don't Believeit. I Knowit. 906 00:41:19,655 --> 00:41:21,068 This Could Be Christopher Columbus. 907 00:41:21,068 --> 00:41:22,448 Woman: Yeah. 908 00:41:22,448 --> 00:41:25,482 ♪♪ 909 00:41:28,931 --> 00:41:31,068 Ugh! Come On! Let's Get Out Of Here! 910 00:41:33,448 --> 00:41:35,034 People Just Getting Knocked Down. 911 00:41:35,034 --> 00:41:38,965 ♪♪ 912 00:41:38,965 --> 00:41:40,586 Hey, Guys! Come Here! 913 00:41:40,586 --> 00:41:43,241 ♪♪