1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:07,965 Down Here Is Where The Bones Of Christopher Columbus 2 00:00:07,965 --> 00:00:09,724 Were Kept For Centuries. 3 00:00:09,724 --> 00:00:12,586 You Feel 100% Confident That He's Here. 4 00:00:12,586 --> 00:00:14,793 I Don't Believe It. I Know It. 5 00:00:14,793 --> 00:00:16,379 This Could Be Christopher Columbus. 6 00:00:24,344 --> 00:00:26,275 Move! Come On! Let's Get Out Of Here. 7 00:00:28,517 --> 00:00:30,068 People Just Getting Knocked Down. 8 00:00:34,103 --> 00:00:35,896 Hey, Guys. Come Here! 9 00:00:39,379 --> 00:00:42,275 My Name Is Josh Gates. 10 00:00:42,275 --> 00:00:47,206 With A Degree In Archaeology And A Passion For Exploration, 11 00:00:47,206 --> 00:00:50,689 I Have A Tendency To End Up In Some Very Strange Situations. 12 00:00:50,689 --> 00:00:54,206 Good Lord! Aah! 13 00:00:54,206 --> 00:00:57,000 My Travels Have Taken Me To The Ends Of The Earth 14 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,965 As I Investigate The Greatest Legends In History. 15 00:00:59,965 --> 00:01:01,517 We're Good To Fly. Let's Go. 16 00:01:01,517 --> 00:01:03,620 This Is "Expedition Unknown." 17 00:01:03,620 --> 00:01:05,000 --Captions By Vitac-- Www.Vitac.Com 18 00:01:05,000 --> 00:01:06,965 Captions Paid For By Discovery Communications 19 00:01:06,965 --> 00:01:08,241 My Search For The True Story 20 00:01:08,241 --> 00:01:10,965 Of Christopher Columbus, Much Like The Man Himself, 21 00:01:10,965 --> 00:01:13,379 Has Already Spanned Two Continents. 22 00:01:13,379 --> 00:01:15,620 I've Been To The Portuguese Island Of Madeira 23 00:01:15,620 --> 00:01:16,896 To Sail In A Replica 24 00:01:16,896 --> 00:01:19,862 Of Columbus' Flagship, The Santa Maria, 25 00:01:19,862 --> 00:01:22,000 And Then Cross The Atlantic To Haiti, 26 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,758 Where The Real Version Was Said To Have Run Aground. 27 00:01:24,758 --> 00:01:26,620 To Find The Legendary Lost Ship, 28 00:01:26,620 --> 00:01:28,965 I've Been Under The Waves Off The Northern Coast, 29 00:01:28,965 --> 00:01:31,206 Where We Documented Incredible Wrecks... 30 00:01:31,206 --> 00:01:32,482 Oh, My God. 31 00:01:32,482 --> 00:01:36,413 ...And Even Discovered A Historic Cannon Along The Shore. 32 00:01:36,413 --> 00:01:39,448 Now Archaeologist Alain Norestin And I 33 00:01:39,448 --> 00:01:41,172 Are On The Coast Of Northern Haiti 34 00:01:41,172 --> 00:01:42,655 Trying To Confirm The Theory 35 00:01:42,655 --> 00:01:45,034 That Christopher Columbus' Wrecked Flagship 36 00:01:45,034 --> 00:01:47,000 May Be Trapped On Land. 37 00:01:49,482 --> 00:01:51,241 We Know That At Least Part Of The Boat 38 00:01:51,241 --> 00:01:54,586 Was Taken Off The Reef Where It Crashed In 1492 39 00:01:54,586 --> 00:01:57,034 And That Columbus Hauled Timbers Onto Land 40 00:01:57,034 --> 00:02:00,586 To Form A Fort Called La Navidad. 41 00:02:00,586 --> 00:02:02,206 What Many People Don't Know 42 00:02:02,206 --> 00:02:04,482 Is That Not Only Did The Santa Mariacrash, 43 00:02:04,482 --> 00:02:06,862 But Columbus Left 39 Of His Men Here 44 00:02:06,862 --> 00:02:10,517 While He Sailed Back To Spain For Reinforcements. 45 00:02:10,517 --> 00:02:13,655 The Fortress Of La Navidad Was Designed To Protect Them, 46 00:02:13,655 --> 00:02:15,034 Though The Local Taino People 47 00:02:15,034 --> 00:02:17,965 Had Been Nothing But Friendly To Columbus And His Men. 48 00:02:21,344 --> 00:02:23,206 The Fort Has Never Been Found. 49 00:02:23,206 --> 00:02:26,862 But This Area Is Turning Out To Be An Archaeological Hot Spot. 50 00:02:26,862 --> 00:02:29,586 Everywhere We Put A Shovel, We Get Something. 51 00:02:33,620 --> 00:02:34,965 Whoa, Whoa, Whoa. 52 00:02:34,965 --> 00:02:37,344 Right There. What Is That? 53 00:02:37,344 --> 00:02:40,344 Is It Ceramic? 54 00:02:41,896 --> 00:02:44,310 Look At That. Look At That. 55 00:02:44,310 --> 00:02:48,137 Wow. 56 00:02:48,137 --> 00:02:50,275 Oh, My God. 57 00:02:52,241 --> 00:02:53,344 Wow. 58 00:02:54,827 --> 00:02:57,517 Unbelievable. 59 00:02:57,517 --> 00:02:59,172 Look At That. 60 00:02:59,172 --> 00:03:01,068 This Museum-Quality Ceramic 61 00:03:01,068 --> 00:03:03,482 Was Made By The Indigenous Taino People 62 00:03:03,482 --> 00:03:05,137 And Likely Depicts A Leader, 63 00:03:05,137 --> 00:03:08,068 Perhaps Even The Local King Who Met Columbus. 64 00:03:14,655 --> 00:03:16,827 Right. How Old Do You Think This Is? 65 00:03:20,379 --> 00:03:23,310 What Alain And Other Historians Are Discovering Here 66 00:03:23,310 --> 00:03:26,103 Paints A Grim Picture Of Columbus And His Crew. 67 00:03:26,103 --> 00:03:28,068 According To Historic Documents, 68 00:03:28,068 --> 00:03:30,655 Columbus Grew Impatient When He Couldn't Find The Riches 69 00:03:30,655 --> 00:03:33,172 He'd Promised To Bring Back To The Court Of Spain. 70 00:03:33,172 --> 00:03:36,275 Soon, The Friendly Taino Were Being Abused, 71 00:03:36,275 --> 00:03:40,689 Forced To Hunt For Gold That Didn't Exist. 72 00:03:40,689 --> 00:03:42,310 The Mistreatment Was So Bad 73 00:03:42,310 --> 00:03:45,482 That, After Columbus Left A Part Of His Crew Behind, The Natives 74 00:03:45,482 --> 00:03:48,586 Murdered Them And Burned The Fort. 75 00:03:48,586 --> 00:03:51,482 This Artifact Is Proof That A Significant Settlement 76 00:03:51,482 --> 00:03:53,655 Was Located Right Under Our Feet, 77 00:03:53,655 --> 00:03:56,413 Perhaps Even The Fort Of La Navidad Itself. 78 00:03:56,413 --> 00:03:59,931 And The Remains Of Columbus' Flagship Could Be Next. 79 00:03:59,931 --> 00:04:02,620 I Think There's No Question That You're In The Right Spot. 80 00:04:02,620 --> 00:04:04,862 So It's Just Going To Take Some Time To Find It. 81 00:04:04,862 --> 00:04:06,068 Absolutely. 82 00:04:06,068 --> 00:04:07,379 Wow. 83 00:04:07,379 --> 00:04:10,000 But The Story Of Columbus Doesn't End Here. 84 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:11,448 After Losing His Flagship, 85 00:04:11,448 --> 00:04:14,931 Columbus Limps Back To Spain On A Grueling 2-Month Voyage. 86 00:04:14,931 --> 00:04:16,448 He's Declared A Hero 87 00:04:16,448 --> 00:04:18,862 And Named The Admiral Of The Ocean Sea 88 00:04:18,862 --> 00:04:20,758 And Governor Of Everything He's Found. 89 00:04:20,758 --> 00:04:23,827 But Columbus Was Blinded By A Dangerous Obsession 90 00:04:23,827 --> 00:04:25,206 To Reach China. 91 00:04:25,206 --> 00:04:27,275 And He Was Convinced That His First Voyage 92 00:04:27,275 --> 00:04:28,620 Had Almost Made It. 93 00:04:28,620 --> 00:04:31,586 So He Sailed Again. 94 00:04:31,586 --> 00:04:34,379 His Second Voyage Brings Him Back Across The Atlantic 95 00:04:34,379 --> 00:04:38,103 And Past Dominica, Guadeloupe, St. Croix, The Virgin Islands 96 00:04:38,103 --> 00:04:39,413 And Puerto Rico. 97 00:04:39,413 --> 00:04:40,862 On The Northern Coast Of Haiti, 98 00:04:40,862 --> 00:04:45,379 He Discovers His Men Are Dead And His Fort Destroyed. 99 00:04:45,379 --> 00:04:48,413 A Third Voyage Brings Him To The Very Edge Of South America 100 00:04:48,413 --> 00:04:49,620 And Back To Europe. 101 00:04:49,620 --> 00:04:51,827 And His Fourth Voyage Takes Him Along The Edge 102 00:04:51,827 --> 00:04:54,965 Of Central America And Along Honduras, Costa Rica, 103 00:04:54,965 --> 00:04:56,344 And Panama. 104 00:04:56,344 --> 00:04:59,931 All Told, He Sails Nearly 50,000 Miles, 105 00:04:59,931 --> 00:05:02,206 Ping-Ponging His Way Through The Caribbean, 106 00:05:02,206 --> 00:05:04,586 Never Once Setting Foot On North America 107 00:05:04,586 --> 00:05:09,034 And Driven Mad By His Inability To Understand Where He Is. 108 00:05:09,034 --> 00:05:11,517 It Is A Misguided But Epic Journey. 109 00:05:11,517 --> 00:05:15,689 And The Flagship That Started It All May One Day Soon Be Found. 110 00:05:18,517 --> 00:05:21,862 So For Today, The Hunt For The Santa Mariacontinues. 111 00:05:21,862 --> 00:05:23,689 But That's Not The End Of The Story 112 00:05:23,689 --> 00:05:25,344 Because Maybe The Greatest Mystery 113 00:05:25,344 --> 00:05:28,689 Associated With Columbus Isn't The Location Of His Flagship 114 00:05:28,689 --> 00:05:32,344 But The Location Of The Explorer Himself. 115 00:05:32,344 --> 00:05:36,206 Though He Died In 1506, That Didn't Stop His Travels. 116 00:05:36,206 --> 00:05:39,137 In Death, His Bones Undertook A Bizarre Journey, 117 00:05:39,137 --> 00:05:41,482 Jumping From Continent To Continent Until, 118 00:05:41,482 --> 00:05:43,620 Finally, Two Different Countries 119 00:05:43,620 --> 00:05:45,862 Laid Claim To Be His Final Resting Place. 120 00:05:45,862 --> 00:05:48,310 One Of Those Countries Is On This Very Island. 121 00:05:48,310 --> 00:05:50,103 And So To Get To The Bottom Of This Mystery, 122 00:05:50,103 --> 00:05:52,310 I'm Gonna Have To Cross Borders And Oceans 123 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:54,758 And Risk The Scorn Of Two Different Nations 124 00:05:54,758 --> 00:05:56,724 To Answer One Very Big Question -- 125 00:05:56,724 --> 00:05:59,241 Where Is Christopher Columbus? 126 00:06:02,724 --> 00:06:04,137 The First Possible Location 127 00:06:04,137 --> 00:06:06,689 Of Columbus' Bones Is In The Dominican Republic, 128 00:06:06,689 --> 00:06:08,413 Which Shares A Border With Haiti, 129 00:06:08,413 --> 00:06:10,758 And It's Not The Friendly Kind Of Sharing. 130 00:06:10,758 --> 00:06:12,275 Man: You Guys Have -- You Guys Have To Go... 131 00:06:12,275 --> 00:06:13,758 -Okay, Sure. -...And Get Your Passports. 132 00:06:13,758 --> 00:06:14,827 Sure Thing. 133 00:06:14,827 --> 00:06:16,206 Gates: The Remote Border Town 134 00:06:16,206 --> 00:06:18,862 Of Malpasse Is A No-Man's-Land Between The Two Nations. 135 00:06:18,862 --> 00:06:21,896 And It's Not The Kind Of Place You Want To Spend Too Much Time. 136 00:06:21,896 --> 00:06:23,655 I Get My Passport Stamped... 137 00:06:25,448 --> 00:06:26,862 ...And Get The Hell Out Of Dodge. 138 00:06:31,000 --> 00:06:33,172 Unlike Haiti And Its French Influences, 139 00:06:33,172 --> 00:06:35,586 The Dominican Republic Was A Spanish Colony. 140 00:06:35,586 --> 00:06:38,827 So It's Au Revoir,Creole, Hola, Español. 141 00:06:38,827 --> 00:06:39,931 Just Over The Border, 142 00:06:39,931 --> 00:06:42,172 And Already A Very Different Feeling 143 00:06:42,172 --> 00:06:44,068 From The Streets Of Port-Au-Prince. 144 00:06:44,068 --> 00:06:46,137 Roads Are Wide And Well-Paved. 145 00:06:46,137 --> 00:06:48,758 Generally Feels A Lot More Orderly. 146 00:06:48,758 --> 00:06:50,413 It's A Lot Less Chaotic. 147 00:06:53,137 --> 00:06:55,689 It's 168 Miles From The Haitian Border 148 00:06:55,689 --> 00:06:57,827 To The Dominican Capital Of Santo Domingo, 149 00:06:57,827 --> 00:07:01,724 Where Columbus' Bones May Be Hiding. 150 00:07:01,724 --> 00:07:03,862 On The Way, Though, I Pull Off To See Something 151 00:07:03,862 --> 00:07:06,482 That's Been Here Since Well Before Columbus Arrived. 152 00:07:06,482 --> 00:07:08,931 Up A Dirt Road And Through The Overgrown Jungle 153 00:07:08,931 --> 00:07:14,206 Is A Network Of Massive Caves With A Very Big Secret. 154 00:07:14,206 --> 00:07:16,103 In More Than 55 Chambers, 155 00:07:16,103 --> 00:07:18,724 One Of The Largest Collections Of Pre-Columbian Art 156 00:07:18,724 --> 00:07:20,724 In The New World Is Concealed. 157 00:07:20,724 --> 00:07:22,862 It Was Left Here By The Taino People, 158 00:07:22,862 --> 00:07:25,413 Who Once Thrived On These Islands. 159 00:07:25,413 --> 00:07:28,448 This Is A Shaman... 160 00:07:28,448 --> 00:07:30,689 Animals... 161 00:07:30,689 --> 00:07:32,896 Some Kind Of Ceremonial Dance. 162 00:07:32,896 --> 00:07:35,034 In Terms Of Unlocking The Mystery Of Columbus, 163 00:07:35,034 --> 00:07:38,655 So Much Of What We Know About The Arrival In The New World 164 00:07:38,655 --> 00:07:40,551 Comes From The European Side. 165 00:07:40,551 --> 00:07:42,000 It Comes From Columbus' Journals, 166 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,827 And It Comes From Other European Historians. 167 00:07:44,827 --> 00:07:47,586 This Idea That There Was No Writing In The New World 168 00:07:47,586 --> 00:07:50,206 Is Not Entirely True. 169 00:07:50,206 --> 00:07:53,931 We Have These Written Clues That Exist Here In These Caves 170 00:07:53,931 --> 00:07:55,482 That Actually Can Tell Us 171 00:07:55,482 --> 00:07:59,551 About The People That Were Here Before Columbus Arrived. 172 00:07:59,551 --> 00:08:01,344 There Were No Horses On These Islands 173 00:08:01,344 --> 00:08:03,448 Until European Explorers Brought Them. 174 00:08:03,448 --> 00:08:06,793 This Symbol Marks The Moment After Columbus Arrived 175 00:08:06,793 --> 00:08:09,965 And The Beginning Of The End For The Taino. 176 00:08:09,965 --> 00:08:12,379 When Columbus Came Ashore In 1492, 177 00:08:12,379 --> 00:08:15,827 There Were Over 1 Million Taino Throughout The Caribbean. 178 00:08:15,827 --> 00:08:20,344 By 1528, The Population Was Barely 500 People. 179 00:08:20,344 --> 00:08:22,034 Mistreatment, Starvation 180 00:08:22,034 --> 00:08:26,517 And Disease Killed Off An Entire Civilization In 50 Years. 181 00:08:29,034 --> 00:08:31,586 Further Into The Caves, The Art Is Gone. 182 00:08:31,586 --> 00:08:33,655 But There Appears To Be Something Else. 183 00:08:33,655 --> 00:08:36,413 [ Bats Squeaking ] 184 00:08:36,413 --> 00:08:38,172 It's Moments Like This Where An Adventurer 185 00:08:38,172 --> 00:08:41,137 Needs To Stay Calm, Cool, And Collected. 186 00:08:41,137 --> 00:08:43,000 Holy [Bleep] 187 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:45,241 They're Touching Me! Aah! 188 00:08:45,241 --> 00:08:49,137 [ Shuddering ] 189 00:08:49,137 --> 00:08:51,551 [ Sighs ] 190 00:08:51,551 --> 00:08:52,965 I'm Fine. 191 00:08:52,965 --> 00:08:55,000 Everything's -- Everything's Fine. 192 00:08:57,344 --> 00:08:59,103 After Recomposing Myself, 193 00:08:59,103 --> 00:09:01,000 I Continue My Drive To Santo Domingo 194 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:03,344 And Am Making Great Time Toward The Capital. 195 00:09:06,931 --> 00:09:09,758 Oh, Perfect. That Looks Good. 196 00:09:09,758 --> 00:09:11,655 Guess I'll Get The Old Aaa Card Out. 197 00:09:11,655 --> 00:09:13,482 Pretty Sure I Do Have Free Towing. 198 00:09:18,551 --> 00:09:20,655 I'm Changing A Tire. What Am I Doing? 199 00:09:20,655 --> 00:09:22,103 [Bleep] You. 200 00:09:25,310 --> 00:09:28,931 Columbus Had It Easy -- No Tires To Change. 201 00:09:31,896 --> 00:09:33,586 All Done. 202 00:09:33,586 --> 00:09:36,724 Back On The Road, I Finally Roll Into Santo Domingo. 203 00:09:36,724 --> 00:09:39,862 ♪♪ 204 00:09:43,620 --> 00:09:45,034 The Capital Was Founded 205 00:09:45,034 --> 00:09:48,517 By Christopher Columbus' Brother Bartholomew In 1496, 206 00:09:48,517 --> 00:09:52,137 Making It The Oldest European Settlement In The Americas. 207 00:09:52,137 --> 00:09:55,241 This City Is A Laid-Back Colonial Time Capsule, 208 00:09:55,241 --> 00:09:56,689 Cobbled Together From An Age 209 00:09:56,689 --> 00:09:58,448 When Explorers Like Ponce De Leon 210 00:09:58,448 --> 00:10:01,482 And Francis Drake Called Santo Domingo Home. 211 00:10:06,413 --> 00:10:09,689 Just Above The City, Though, Is An Otherworldly Structure, 212 00:10:09,689 --> 00:10:14,310 A Massive 700-Foot-Long Concrete Edifice In The Shape Of A Cross. 213 00:10:18,448 --> 00:10:22,206 This Is The Faro A Colon, Or The Columbus Lighthouse. 214 00:10:22,206 --> 00:10:24,206 It Was Built In 1992 215 00:10:24,206 --> 00:10:26,551 To Commemorate The 500Th Anniversary 216 00:10:26,551 --> 00:10:29,034 Of The Discovery Of The New World. 217 00:10:29,034 --> 00:10:31,931 It Is An Incredibly Impressive Building. 218 00:10:31,931 --> 00:10:34,379 But It Is Not Without Its Detractors. 219 00:10:34,379 --> 00:10:38,172 After All, It Cost A Fortune And Took Six Years To Build. 220 00:10:38,172 --> 00:10:40,827 The Lighthouse Portion, Which Used To Shine Up 221 00:10:40,827 --> 00:10:43,310 And Could Be Seen From As Far Away As Puerto Rico, Well, 222 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:45,103 That Hasn't Worked In Years Because, Every Time 223 00:10:45,103 --> 00:10:47,620 They Turn It On, The Entire City Blacks Out. 224 00:10:47,620 --> 00:10:49,034 And To Many People, 225 00:10:49,034 --> 00:10:53,000 This Building Looks Less Like A Monument To An Explorer 226 00:10:53,000 --> 00:10:56,517 And More Like A Temple To A Catholic Demigod. 227 00:11:03,034 --> 00:11:04,689 Leo Perez Is A Historian 228 00:11:04,689 --> 00:11:06,862 Who's Been Studying Columbus For Decades. 229 00:11:06,862 --> 00:11:09,793 Along With His Assistant, He's Agreed To Show Me The Lighthouse 230 00:11:09,793 --> 00:11:12,068 And Its Controversial Prized Possession. 231 00:11:12,068 --> 00:11:15,137 This Is A Really Incredible Building. 232 00:11:16,482 --> 00:11:17,965 Yeah. 233 00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:20,310 And This Particular Structure, In The Middle Here, 234 00:11:20,310 --> 00:11:23,551 This -- This Mausoleum, What's Inside This Box? 235 00:11:25,586 --> 00:11:26,620 He's Right Here? 236 00:11:37,344 --> 00:11:39,344 Gates: Afternoon In The Dominican Republic. 237 00:11:39,344 --> 00:11:41,413 I'm On A Quest To Uncover The True Nature 238 00:11:41,413 --> 00:11:45,034 Of Christopher Columbus And His True Final Resting Place. 239 00:11:45,034 --> 00:11:46,827 Here In The Columbus Lighthouse, 240 00:11:46,827 --> 00:11:49,862 Historian Leo Perez Has A Simple Answer. 241 00:11:49,862 --> 00:11:51,241 Gates: What's Inside This Box? 242 00:11:53,655 --> 00:11:54,689 He's Right Here? 243 00:11:58,137 --> 00:12:01,586 It's Quite A Feeling To Be Just A Few Feet Away 244 00:12:01,586 --> 00:12:03,000 From The Most Famous Explorer In The World. 245 00:12:04,620 --> 00:12:07,758 But Is This Really The Admiral's Final Resting Place? 246 00:12:07,758 --> 00:12:10,241 It's A Question That Has Divided Two Nations. 247 00:12:10,241 --> 00:12:12,000 I've Heard Some People Say 248 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:13,034 That They Think He's In Spain. 249 00:12:25,827 --> 00:12:28,655 That Columbus Wished To Be Buried Here At All Was Curious. 250 00:12:28,655 --> 00:12:31,000 He Had A Love-Hate Relationship With The Territory 251 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,206 That He Discovered. 252 00:12:32,206 --> 00:12:34,620 So Why Would He Want To Spend Eternity Here? 253 00:12:36,068 --> 00:12:39,551 You Feel 100% Confident That He's Here. 254 00:12:43,344 --> 00:12:44,344 Right. They're Here. 255 00:12:46,241 --> 00:12:47,551 You Know It. 256 00:12:47,551 --> 00:12:50,034 The Dominicans Submitted Their Bones For Carbon Dating. 257 00:12:50,034 --> 00:12:52,758 And While They Do Appear To Be From The Correct Time Period, 258 00:12:52,758 --> 00:12:55,413 They've Refused To Submit The Dna Within The Bones 259 00:12:55,413 --> 00:12:57,758 For Genetic Identification. 260 00:12:57,758 --> 00:12:59,586 Why Not Dna Test These Bones? 261 00:13:06,551 --> 00:13:09,344 Right. You Have Nothing To Prove. 262 00:13:09,344 --> 00:13:11,758 Right. 263 00:13:11,758 --> 00:13:13,896 Leo's Opinion Is Rock-Solid. 264 00:13:13,896 --> 00:13:16,275 He's As Sure About This As Gravity. 265 00:13:16,275 --> 00:13:17,517 But The Dominicans' Refusal 266 00:13:17,517 --> 00:13:20,206 To Test The Bones Raises A Lot Of Questions. 267 00:13:20,206 --> 00:13:22,793 So The Only Way To Prove That Columbus Is Here 268 00:13:22,793 --> 00:13:25,413 Is To Get Another Sample Of His Dna. 269 00:13:25,413 --> 00:13:26,965 In Order To Find One, 270 00:13:26,965 --> 00:13:28,896 I'll Need To Go To The Place Where The Explorer's Remains 271 00:13:28,896 --> 00:13:31,827 Were Held Before They Were Moved To The Lighthouse. 272 00:13:35,655 --> 00:13:37,689 I'm On My Way To The Nearby Cathedral 273 00:13:37,689 --> 00:13:39,241 Of Santa María La Menor 274 00:13:39,241 --> 00:13:41,965 When I Realize That Half The Town Is Coming With Me. 275 00:13:41,965 --> 00:13:43,931 I'm Here During The Holy Catholic Feast 276 00:13:43,931 --> 00:13:45,068 Of Corpus Christi, 277 00:13:45,068 --> 00:13:46,827 Which Celebrates The Eucharist, 278 00:13:46,827 --> 00:13:48,068 The Belief In The Power 279 00:13:48,068 --> 00:13:50,758 Of The Blood And Body Of Jesus Christ. 280 00:13:53,241 --> 00:13:55,034 As We Snake Through The Narrow Streets, 281 00:13:55,034 --> 00:13:56,241 I'm Struck By The Fact 282 00:13:56,241 --> 00:13:58,344 That Columbus Not Only Claimed This Island, 283 00:13:58,344 --> 00:14:03,241 But He And His Followers Infused It With Religion. 284 00:14:03,241 --> 00:14:06,241 Today, Nearly 70% Of The Dominican Republic 285 00:14:06,241 --> 00:14:07,793 Is Still Catholic. 286 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:13,517 I Break Away Here At The Cathedral. 287 00:14:13,517 --> 00:14:16,275 Columbus' Bones, Along With Those Of His Son Diego, 288 00:14:16,275 --> 00:14:18,448 Arrived Here In 1541 289 00:14:18,448 --> 00:14:21,551 And Were Placed In An Altar Beside The Congregation. 290 00:14:21,551 --> 00:14:24,206 Inside The Cathedral, I'm Met By Jose Rodriguez, 291 00:14:24,206 --> 00:14:26,689 Who Works With The Archdiocese Of Santo Domingo. 292 00:14:26,689 --> 00:14:30,137 He's Agreed To Tell Me The Rest Of The Story. 293 00:14:30,137 --> 00:14:32,344 This Is An Incredible Building. How Old Is It? 294 00:14:32,344 --> 00:14:34,620 [ Speaking Spanish ] 295 00:14:34,620 --> 00:14:36,758 Interpreter: It's 504 Years Old, 296 00:14:36,758 --> 00:14:38,241 A Lot Of History. 297 00:14:38,241 --> 00:14:41,034 There's Even A Cannonball From Sir Francis Drake 298 00:14:41,034 --> 00:14:42,137 Lodged In The Roof. 299 00:14:42,137 --> 00:14:43,758 Amazing To Think That Something 300 00:14:43,758 --> 00:14:46,724 That's Half A Millennium Old Is Still Standing. 301 00:14:46,724 --> 00:14:48,137 This Cathedral 302 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:51,724 Is Very Closely Associated With The Story Of Columbus. 303 00:14:51,724 --> 00:14:53,137 Tell Me What Was Discovered Here. 304 00:14:53,137 --> 00:14:55,448 It Was Really An Incredible Thing. 305 00:14:55,448 --> 00:14:58,310 They Found A Box That Contained The Actual Remains 306 00:14:58,310 --> 00:14:59,724 Of Christopher Columbus. 307 00:14:59,724 --> 00:15:01,275 They Weren't Supposed To Be There. 308 00:15:01,275 --> 00:15:03,206 But There They Were. 309 00:15:03,206 --> 00:15:06,034 Originally, Two Boxes Of Bones Were Shipped Here, 310 00:15:06,034 --> 00:15:09,206 One Containing Columbus And The Other His Son Diego. 311 00:15:09,206 --> 00:15:10,862 Here's How It Went Down. 312 00:15:10,862 --> 00:15:14,103 Columbus Dies In Valladolid, And His Body Goes To Seville 313 00:15:14,103 --> 00:15:18,034 And Then Across The Atlantic To This Church In 1541. 314 00:15:18,034 --> 00:15:19,793 Then, When It Looks Like The French Are Going 315 00:15:19,793 --> 00:15:21,241 To Conquer Santo Domingo, 316 00:15:21,241 --> 00:15:22,724 The Spanish Move The Box 317 00:15:22,724 --> 00:15:26,000 Containing The Explorer's Bones To Havana And Then Back To Spain 318 00:15:26,000 --> 00:15:27,655 For Safe Keeping. 319 00:15:27,655 --> 00:15:30,793 But During Church Renovations Here In 1877, 320 00:15:30,793 --> 00:15:33,620 Another Box Is Found With The Inscription, 321 00:15:33,620 --> 00:15:35,827 "Columbus, Admiral Of The Sea." 322 00:15:35,827 --> 00:15:37,344 The Dominicans Moved Their Box 323 00:15:37,344 --> 00:15:39,827 To The Columbus Lighthouse In 1992, 324 00:15:39,827 --> 00:15:42,655 Believing That The Spanish Took The Wrong Bones. 325 00:15:42,655 --> 00:15:46,758 And Just Like That, We Have Two Graves For One Man. 326 00:15:46,758 --> 00:15:48,827 So Can You Show Me Where The Bones 327 00:15:48,827 --> 00:15:49,965 That Were Found Here... 328 00:15:49,965 --> 00:15:52,103 They Were Put Into A Mausoleum. 329 00:15:52,103 --> 00:15:53,241 Where Is The Mausoleum? 330 00:15:53,241 --> 00:15:54,310 [ Speaks Spanish ] 331 00:15:54,310 --> 00:15:55,482 Here? 332 00:15:55,482 --> 00:15:57,482 Before Being Moved To The Nearby Lighthouse, 333 00:15:57,482 --> 00:16:01,172 The Bones Were In This Church For Nearly 250 Years. 334 00:16:01,172 --> 00:16:03,724 We Roll Back The Carpet To Find A Fixture 335 00:16:03,724 --> 00:16:05,965 That Marks The Location Of The Old Altar 336 00:16:05,965 --> 00:16:07,724 Where Columbus Was Interred. 337 00:16:07,724 --> 00:16:11,068 So This Is All That's Left, Is This Marker. 338 00:16:11,068 --> 00:16:13,413 -The Center. -The Center Of The Mausoleum. 339 00:16:13,413 --> 00:16:15,551 And The Bones. Where Was His Body? 340 00:16:15,551 --> 00:16:17,896 They Told Everyone That Columbus Was Right There. 341 00:16:17,896 --> 00:16:19,310 But The Truth Is Different. 342 00:16:19,310 --> 00:16:20,896 To Keep The Bones Safe, 343 00:16:20,896 --> 00:16:22,793 They Were Hidden Under The Floor. 344 00:16:22,793 --> 00:16:25,793 And -- And When Was The Last Time Somebody Went Down There? 345 00:16:25,793 --> 00:16:27,413 It's Been Decades. 346 00:16:27,413 --> 00:16:30,724 It Was A Secret That His Bones Were Kept Below. 347 00:16:30,724 --> 00:16:33,000 Is It Possible To See What's Down There? 348 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,068 It's Possible. 349 00:16:34,068 --> 00:16:36,275 But I Can't Be Responsible For You. 350 00:16:36,275 --> 00:16:38,896 If You Go Down There, You Go Alone. 351 00:16:38,896 --> 00:16:41,034 Okay. Okay. 352 00:16:44,310 --> 00:16:45,586 I'm Not Going To Pass Up 353 00:16:45,586 --> 00:16:49,137 The Opportunity To Explore This Venerated Tomb. 354 00:16:49,137 --> 00:16:53,206 I Slide Away The Pews, Pull Back The Floor Grate, 355 00:16:53,206 --> 00:16:57,689 And Prepare To Descend Down Into The Darkness. 356 00:16:57,689 --> 00:17:01,448 That Is One Dark Crypt. 357 00:17:01,448 --> 00:17:03,137 How Cool Is This? 358 00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:14,310 Gates: I'm Getting An Incredibly Rare Look Beneath The Floor 359 00:17:14,310 --> 00:17:16,379 Of The Cathedral Of Santo Domingo, 360 00:17:16,379 --> 00:17:18,172 Where The Remains Of Christopher Columbus Himself 361 00:17:18,172 --> 00:17:21,137 Were Interred For Hundreds Of Years. 362 00:17:23,068 --> 00:17:25,689 How Cool Is This? 363 00:17:25,689 --> 00:17:27,482 I Make My Way Through The Passage, 364 00:17:27,482 --> 00:17:30,344 Straining To See Anything Ahead Of Me. 365 00:17:30,344 --> 00:17:32,793 So Lots Of Old Brickwork Down Here 366 00:17:32,793 --> 00:17:34,862 With Newer Foundation Above. 367 00:17:34,862 --> 00:17:36,310 Perhaps A Fragment Of Bone 368 00:17:36,310 --> 00:17:39,206 Can Still Be Found To Conduct A Dna Test. 369 00:17:42,620 --> 00:17:45,000 So This -- This Is It. 370 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,172 This Is Where The Sarcophagus 371 00:17:47,172 --> 00:17:49,172 Probably Sat That Held The Bones Of Columbus. 372 00:17:49,172 --> 00:17:52,655 It Would've Been Right Here On Top Of This Old Brickwork. 373 00:17:52,655 --> 00:17:56,137 This Is The Exact Spot Where Columbus Once Laid. 374 00:17:56,137 --> 00:17:58,758 I Scour The Platform For Any Fragments Of Bone, 375 00:17:58,758 --> 00:18:00,172 Wood Or Cloth. 376 00:18:00,172 --> 00:18:03,758 Looks Like Some Sort Of Straw, Some Sort Of Line. 377 00:18:03,758 --> 00:18:05,206 But That's About It. 378 00:18:05,206 --> 00:18:06,448 Everything Major's Been Moved Out, 379 00:18:06,448 --> 00:18:08,379 No Markings, No Inscriptions, 380 00:18:08,379 --> 00:18:12,758 Just This Very Old Platform Where Those Bones Would've Sat. 381 00:18:12,758 --> 00:18:16,103 So The Hunt Continues. 382 00:18:16,103 --> 00:18:18,344 So If There's No Dna Left In The Crypt, 383 00:18:18,344 --> 00:18:21,344 And Since The Dominicans Refuse To Test The Bones They've Got, 384 00:18:21,344 --> 00:18:23,413 You Might Think We're At A Dead End. 385 00:18:23,413 --> 00:18:24,793 Okay. 386 00:18:24,793 --> 00:18:26,172 Let's Keep Moving. 387 00:18:26,172 --> 00:18:28,344 But Remember, There's Another Country In The World 388 00:18:28,344 --> 00:18:30,896 That Claims To Have The Bones Of Columbus. 389 00:18:30,896 --> 00:18:32,551 To Explore Their Side Of The Case 390 00:18:32,551 --> 00:18:35,034 And To Figure Out Who Columbus Really Was, 391 00:18:35,034 --> 00:18:37,689 I'm Gonna Need To See Where The Great Explorer Died. 392 00:18:37,689 --> 00:18:40,172 And That Means We're Going To Spain. 393 00:18:40,172 --> 00:18:43,206 ♪♪ 394 00:18:45,931 --> 00:18:49,275 Located On The Iberian Peninsula, Spain Is... 395 00:18:49,275 --> 00:18:51,965 Well, As Hemingway Once Wrote, There's No Country Like It. 396 00:18:51,965 --> 00:18:53,689 And With The Obligatory Hemingway Reference 397 00:18:53,689 --> 00:18:55,793 Out Of The Way, I Can Further Say That Spain 398 00:18:55,793 --> 00:18:57,689 Is Indeed Intoxicating. 399 00:18:57,689 --> 00:18:58,965 This Place Is Outrageous. 400 00:18:58,965 --> 00:19:00,482 Is It -- Is It Possible For Me To Try? 401 00:19:00,482 --> 00:19:01,724 But Of Course. 402 00:19:01,724 --> 00:19:03,172 Everything Is Possible In Paradise. 403 00:19:03,172 --> 00:19:05,310 This Is A Meat Cone. When It's Hot Outside, 404 00:19:05,310 --> 00:19:08,862 Nothing Takes The Edge Off Like A Big Cone Of Meat. 405 00:19:08,862 --> 00:19:10,310 I Mean, Forget Ice Cream. 406 00:19:10,310 --> 00:19:13,000 Thriving On Fiestas And Siestas, 407 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:15,310 Its Gothic Cathedrals And Islamic Domes 408 00:19:15,310 --> 00:19:17,448 Show The Fingerprints Of Every Culture 409 00:19:17,448 --> 00:19:19,827 That Has Been Here. 410 00:19:19,827 --> 00:19:21,896 Though Columbus Wasn't Born A Spaniard, 411 00:19:21,896 --> 00:19:25,965 There Are Few Historic Figures More Revered Here. 412 00:19:25,965 --> 00:19:29,206 In 1504, After Four Voyages To The New World, 413 00:19:29,206 --> 00:19:32,000 Columbus Returns To Spain One Last Time. 414 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:35,931 And On May 20, 1506, He Dies Of Congestive Heart Failure 415 00:19:35,931 --> 00:19:37,896 In The City Of Valladolid. 416 00:19:41,586 --> 00:19:44,241 At The Center Of Valladolid Is The Plaza Mayor, 417 00:19:44,241 --> 00:19:47,206 Filled With Incredible History And Striking Architecture 418 00:19:47,206 --> 00:19:50,551 Dating Back To The 16Th Century. 419 00:19:50,551 --> 00:19:51,758 Nice To Meet You. 420 00:19:51,758 --> 00:19:53,172 It's Here Where I Meet Up 421 00:19:53,172 --> 00:19:55,827 With Professor Of History Javier Burrieza Sanchez 422 00:19:55,827 --> 00:19:58,482 And Archaeologist Adrianne Williams. 423 00:19:58,482 --> 00:20:02,000 So Valladolid Is The City Where Christopher Columbus Dies. 424 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,137 -Yes. -And Where Does That Happen? 425 00:20:04,137 --> 00:20:06,448 Well, That Happened In The Convent Of San Francisco, 426 00:20:06,448 --> 00:20:09,620 Which Occupied This Area Of The Plaza Mayor. 427 00:20:09,620 --> 00:20:12,275 So I Do Not See A Convent Here Today. 428 00:20:12,275 --> 00:20:13,551 It Does Not Exist. 429 00:20:13,551 --> 00:20:14,896 That's Right. You Can't Find It Anymore. 430 00:20:14,896 --> 00:20:17,517 Uh, How Does Columbus Come To Be Buried In Valladolid? 431 00:20:17,517 --> 00:20:19,137 Truthfully, Christopher Columbus 432 00:20:19,137 --> 00:20:21,344 Did Not Plan On Dying Here In Valladolid. 433 00:20:21,344 --> 00:20:23,172 He Was Here To Meet The New King And Queen. 434 00:20:23,172 --> 00:20:25,758 -Right. -Death Found Him. 435 00:20:25,758 --> 00:20:27,448 Gates: But What About The Will That I Heard About 436 00:20:27,448 --> 00:20:28,758 In The Dominican Republic? 437 00:20:28,758 --> 00:20:30,241 According To That, Columbus 438 00:20:30,241 --> 00:20:32,655 Explicitly Wished To Be Buried In The New World. 439 00:20:32,655 --> 00:20:35,793 So Why Was He Buried Here First? 440 00:20:35,793 --> 00:20:38,551 He Actually Has A Copy Of The Last Will And Testament 441 00:20:38,551 --> 00:20:41,448 For Christopher Columbus Written The Day Before He Died. 442 00:20:41,448 --> 00:20:42,931 Gates: Javier Is Holding The Proof, 443 00:20:42,931 --> 00:20:46,551 A Copy Of The Last Will Columbus Dictated To A Notary 444 00:20:46,551 --> 00:20:49,551 Right Here In Valladolid Days Before His Death. 445 00:20:49,551 --> 00:20:50,551 And What Does He Write? 446 00:20:50,551 --> 00:20:52,862 [ Speaking Spanish ] 447 00:20:56,862 --> 00:20:58,379 So In This Document, 448 00:20:58,379 --> 00:21:01,344 There's Really No Mention At All Of The Convent Of San Francisco 449 00:21:01,344 --> 00:21:03,241 Or Where He Would Like To Be Buried. 450 00:21:03,241 --> 00:21:04,965 He Doesn't Really Specify 451 00:21:04,965 --> 00:21:06,413 Where He Wants His Remains To Go. 452 00:21:06,413 --> 00:21:09,862 There's Absolutely No Mention Of Where He Wanted To Be Buried. 453 00:21:09,862 --> 00:21:11,793 Gates: I Know Some Folks In The Dominican Republic 454 00:21:11,793 --> 00:21:13,827 Who Would Be Unhappy To Hear That. 455 00:21:13,827 --> 00:21:16,620 Finding A Fragment Of Columbus' Dna Could Not Only 456 00:21:16,620 --> 00:21:19,551 Tell Us Where The World's Most Famous Explorer Is Buried, 457 00:21:19,551 --> 00:21:23,620 But It Could Tell Us So Much More About The Man Himself. 458 00:21:23,620 --> 00:21:27,275 But The Fact Is He Was 100% Buried Here First 459 00:21:27,275 --> 00:21:29,689 Before His Body Got Moved Around. 460 00:21:29,689 --> 00:21:32,793 So Is It Possible That, After Almost 500 Years, 461 00:21:32,793 --> 00:21:35,344 Some Of Columbus Is Still Here? 462 00:21:35,344 --> 00:21:40,586 So We Believe That His Remains Were Moved To Seville In 1509. 463 00:21:40,586 --> 00:21:44,827 Even If They Were Careful With Removing The Correct Remains, 464 00:21:44,827 --> 00:21:46,724 We Don't Know If They Removed All Of Them. 465 00:21:46,724 --> 00:21:47,793 Right. 466 00:21:47,793 --> 00:21:48,931 Some Of Them Might Still Be Behind. 467 00:21:48,931 --> 00:21:51,344 But In Order To Pinpoint The Spot Where Columbus 468 00:21:51,344 --> 00:21:52,931 May Have Been, Uh, 469 00:21:52,931 --> 00:21:54,793 Seems Difficult. -Well, Yes. 470 00:21:54,793 --> 00:21:58,482 I Mean, The Only Way To Get A Good Idea Is From Above. 471 00:21:58,482 --> 00:22:00,655 -From Up There? -From Up There. Exactly. 472 00:22:08,620 --> 00:22:10,172 Williams: Let's Do This. 473 00:22:10,172 --> 00:22:13,137 ♪♪ 474 00:22:17,896 --> 00:22:19,896 Gates: The Valladolid Of Today Bears Little Resemblance 475 00:22:19,896 --> 00:22:22,103 To The City That Columbus Died In. 476 00:22:22,103 --> 00:22:25,172 Adrianne Is Using Centuries-Old Maps And Gps Scans 477 00:22:25,172 --> 00:22:28,241 To Peel Back The Layers Of Time. 478 00:22:28,241 --> 00:22:31,620 The Plaza Is Key Since It Existed In Columbus' Era. 479 00:22:31,620 --> 00:22:33,793 So Where Inside The Nearby Structures 480 00:22:33,793 --> 00:22:35,000 Could He Have Been Interred? 481 00:23:03,034 --> 00:23:05,965 Returning To Ground Level, We Reunite With Javier 482 00:23:05,965 --> 00:23:08,000 And Head To The Possible Site Of The Convent, 483 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,310 Which Today Is A Lovely Little Bistro. 484 00:23:13,068 --> 00:23:15,586 Can I Have A Churro? Yeah? 485 00:23:15,586 --> 00:23:17,448 Fortunately, We Don't Need Reservations 486 00:23:17,448 --> 00:23:20,137 To Explore Their Ancient Sub-Basement. 487 00:23:20,137 --> 00:23:22,689 In 2005, 17Th-Century Crypts 488 00:23:22,689 --> 00:23:24,965 Were Discovered Under The Nearby Casino. 489 00:23:24,965 --> 00:23:27,655 We're Hoping To Get Lucky And Find Even More. 490 00:23:33,275 --> 00:23:35,586 This Is Spooky Down Here. 491 00:23:41,206 --> 00:23:42,586 Williams: Yeah. Look At The Layers Here. 492 00:23:42,586 --> 00:23:45,068 You Have Brick And Then Plaster Over That 493 00:23:45,068 --> 00:23:47,896 And Then, Over This Old Stone Here And Beneath It All, 494 00:23:47,896 --> 00:23:52,000 This Really Old Wood. 495 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:53,275 -Yeah. -Who Knows How Old That Is? 496 00:23:53,275 --> 00:23:54,586 Wow. 497 00:23:54,586 --> 00:23:57,379 I Hate The Idea That This Wood Is Holding Anything Up. 498 00:23:59,931 --> 00:24:01,241 Gates: We Search The Deep Cellar 499 00:24:01,241 --> 00:24:03,275 Of The Restaurant For Any Sign Of A Burial 500 00:24:03,275 --> 00:24:05,517 That Could Be From Columbus' Time. 501 00:24:07,655 --> 00:24:09,241 Oh. Got Something. 502 00:24:09,241 --> 00:24:10,793 Hey. Come Here. Come Here. Guys, Come Here. 503 00:24:10,793 --> 00:24:11,931 Sanchez: Sí. 504 00:24:11,931 --> 00:24:14,103 Javier, Adrianne, Come Here. 505 00:24:14,103 --> 00:24:15,551 Hey, Guys. Come Here! 506 00:24:23,137 --> 00:24:24,413 Oh, Look At This. 507 00:24:31,896 --> 00:24:34,206 Hey, Come Here. Come Here. Guys, Come Here. 508 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:36,413 I'm Hot On The Trail Of Christopher Columbus' Bones 509 00:24:36,413 --> 00:24:38,068 In Valladolid, Spain. 510 00:24:38,068 --> 00:24:39,620 Deep Underground 511 00:24:39,620 --> 00:24:42,068 And Close To His First Burial Spot In A Former Convent, 512 00:24:42,068 --> 00:24:45,344 I've Just Found Something That Could Be A Breakthrough. 513 00:24:45,344 --> 00:24:48,551 Very Small. But No Question About It. 514 00:24:48,551 --> 00:24:49,758 That's A Bone. -Wow. 515 00:24:52,137 --> 00:24:53,793 You Know, Look. His -- His -- His Bones 516 00:24:53,793 --> 00:24:55,827 Moved Around So Many Times. You Never Know. 517 00:24:55,827 --> 00:24:57,103 This Could Be A Piece Of Him 518 00:24:57,103 --> 00:24:58,724 Or A Piece Of Somebody Else From The Monastery. 519 00:24:58,724 --> 00:25:01,344 You Never Know. Who Knows? 520 00:25:01,344 --> 00:25:02,655 Williams: Or Some Other Very Important Figure 521 00:25:02,655 --> 00:25:04,448 That Was Forgotten. -Right? 522 00:25:04,448 --> 00:25:05,827 Gates: Ooh. More. 523 00:25:05,827 --> 00:25:08,724 Look At That. More Bone. 524 00:25:08,724 --> 00:25:10,310 There's No Question That This Basement 525 00:25:10,310 --> 00:25:12,862 Is Filled With Remains From Centuries Past. 526 00:25:12,862 --> 00:25:16,241 But What We've Come Across Here Is Not From Human History. 527 00:25:16,241 --> 00:25:17,551 I Think We've Got An Animal Bone Here. 528 00:25:17,551 --> 00:25:20,275 This Looks Like It Could Be From A Dog. 529 00:25:20,275 --> 00:25:22,517 Could Be -- Could Be Columbus' Dog. 530 00:25:22,517 --> 00:25:23,896 That's A Possibility. 531 00:25:23,896 --> 00:25:26,758 So Unless This Is The Remains Of Tintin's Dog, Snowy, 532 00:25:26,758 --> 00:25:29,103 I'm Not In The Presence Of A Famous Explorer. 533 00:25:33,172 --> 00:25:34,793 But The Search Isn't Over. 534 00:25:34,793 --> 00:25:36,241 I'm Going To Visit The City 535 00:25:36,241 --> 00:25:39,689 Which The Spanish Believe Is Columbus' Final Resting Place 536 00:25:39,689 --> 00:25:41,379 And Where There's Actual Dna 537 00:25:41,379 --> 00:25:44,413 That Could Unlock The Mysteries Of The Man Himself. 538 00:25:44,413 --> 00:25:45,689 I Head To The Train Station. 539 00:25:45,689 --> 00:25:48,034 And Before I Know It, I'm On The Move Again. 540 00:25:51,827 --> 00:25:53,793 While People In The Dominican Republic 541 00:25:53,793 --> 00:25:55,551 Are Convinced That They Have The Bones 542 00:25:55,551 --> 00:25:59,344 Of Christopher Columbus, Folks Here In Spain Would Disagree. 543 00:25:59,344 --> 00:26:02,931 They Believe That His Bones Are Safe And Sound 544 00:26:02,931 --> 00:26:05,103 In The Historic City Of Seville. 545 00:26:08,724 --> 00:26:11,310 Seville Is The Capital Of The Andalusia Region 546 00:26:11,310 --> 00:26:13,586 And Is The Only River Port In The Country. 547 00:26:13,586 --> 00:26:14,965 Venetians, Romans, 548 00:26:14,965 --> 00:26:17,655 Moors, And Castilians Have All Made Their Marks Here, 549 00:26:17,655 --> 00:26:20,034 Leaving Behind Incredibly Varied Buildings 550 00:26:20,034 --> 00:26:21,379 From The Alcazar Castle 551 00:26:21,379 --> 00:26:23,172 Which Moonlights On "Game Of Thrones" 552 00:26:23,172 --> 00:26:26,413 To The Famed Bullfighting Arena, The Plaza Del Toros. 553 00:26:26,413 --> 00:26:29,931 Yes, Yes, Yes. 554 00:26:29,931 --> 00:26:33,758 Just Keep Doing That, Please. 555 00:26:33,758 --> 00:26:35,241 I'm Headed To Seville's Archives 556 00:26:35,241 --> 00:26:37,000 To Do A Bit Of Digging On Columbus. 557 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:39,137 And To Get There, I Hail Not A Taxi... 558 00:26:39,137 --> 00:26:41,000 -[ Horse Neighs ] -...But A Horse. 559 00:26:43,517 --> 00:26:45,034 Seville. 560 00:26:45,034 --> 00:26:46,551 What's Not To Like? 561 00:26:46,551 --> 00:26:47,793 This Is The Kind Of City 562 00:26:47,793 --> 00:26:49,586 You Fall In Love In About Every 20 Minutes. 563 00:26:49,586 --> 00:26:52,172 You Know What I Mean? With The Food, With The People. 564 00:26:52,172 --> 00:26:53,931 You Just Think, "I Could Live Here." 565 00:26:53,931 --> 00:26:56,896 And Then, You Go, "Oh, No. Wait. It's 112 Degrees." 566 00:26:59,379 --> 00:27:01,620 I Carry On To The Archive Of The Indies. 567 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:04,275 After All, The Missing Bones Aren't The Only Clues 568 00:27:04,275 --> 00:27:06,655 That Can Unlock The Secrets Of Columbus. 569 00:27:11,068 --> 00:27:13,827 This Was The Nerve Center Of The Spanish Empire, 570 00:27:13,827 --> 00:27:16,896 30 Miles Of Bookshelves Filled With All Of Spain's 571 00:27:16,896 --> 00:27:18,000 Most Important... 572 00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:19,275 [ Metal Detector Beeping ] 573 00:27:19,275 --> 00:27:21,379 ...And Heavily Guarded Documents -- 574 00:27:21,379 --> 00:27:22,448 Pizarro's Maps, 575 00:27:22,448 --> 00:27:23,862 Cortes' Diaries. 576 00:27:23,862 --> 00:27:27,000 If You're A History Nerd, You Could Die In Here. 577 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:28,586 I'm Meeting Consuelo Varela, 578 00:27:28,586 --> 00:27:31,137 A Professor At The Spanish National Research Council, 579 00:27:31,137 --> 00:27:35,586 To Try To Understand Who Columbus Really Was. 580 00:27:35,586 --> 00:27:37,965 So Much Of What We Know About Columbus 581 00:27:37,965 --> 00:27:40,344 Really Comes From Writings And Journals. 582 00:27:40,344 --> 00:27:43,000 What Kind Of Man Emerges From The Journals? 583 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:47,413 A Man Who Had An Idea, An Entrepreneur In One Sense. 584 00:27:47,413 --> 00:27:48,689 Mm-Hmm. 585 00:27:48,689 --> 00:27:50,931 In Columbus' Copy Of Marco Polo's Book, 586 00:27:50,931 --> 00:27:52,896 He's Made Copious Notes In The Margins 587 00:27:52,896 --> 00:27:56,137 Expressing His Dreams Of Finding Riches In China. 588 00:27:56,137 --> 00:27:58,482 Marco Polo Says That, In The New World, 589 00:27:58,482 --> 00:28:00,965 There Were Rubies, Eh, Everything. 590 00:28:00,965 --> 00:28:02,896 He's Writing, "Sapphire, Topaz"... 591 00:28:02,896 --> 00:28:04,068 Rubies. 592 00:28:04,068 --> 00:28:06,137 Topazes, Rubies. 593 00:28:06,137 --> 00:28:09,103 Then She Shows Me Something Even More Impressive. 594 00:28:09,103 --> 00:28:11,241 -This Is A Document. -Wow. 595 00:28:11,241 --> 00:28:13,655 It's A Contact Between Columbus And The King And The Queen. 596 00:28:13,655 --> 00:28:14,931 This Is From 1492. 597 00:28:14,931 --> 00:28:16,379 -Yes. -Oh, Come On. 598 00:28:16,379 --> 00:28:18,620 So This Is Four Months Before The Voyage. 599 00:28:18,620 --> 00:28:19,827 Yes. 600 00:28:19,827 --> 00:28:22,241 Gates: This Document Is More Than Historic. 601 00:28:22,241 --> 00:28:26,724 The Signing Of This Piece Of Paper Was The Turning Of An Age. 602 00:28:26,724 --> 00:28:28,896 And What Does The Contract Say? 603 00:28:28,896 --> 00:28:32,034 -If He Discovers Some Lands... -Mm-Hmm. 604 00:28:32,034 --> 00:28:34,586 ...He Will Be Named Admiral Of The Sea. 605 00:28:34,586 --> 00:28:37,448 He Will Get A Great Percent Of All The Revenue. 606 00:28:39,310 --> 00:28:42,448 It Turns Out That Columbus Was A Pretty Ruthless Businessman. 607 00:28:42,448 --> 00:28:44,862 If His Original Contract Was Still Valid Today, 608 00:28:44,862 --> 00:28:46,103 We'd All Be Paying A Tax 609 00:28:46,103 --> 00:28:48,379 To His Family On Everything We Bought. 610 00:28:48,379 --> 00:28:51,551 But His Writings Also Reveal A Fiercely Skilled 611 00:28:51,551 --> 00:28:56,068 And Curious Navigator Who Wanted To Understand The Unknown. 612 00:28:56,068 --> 00:28:57,586 This Is Astounding... -Yeah. 613 00:28:57,586 --> 00:28:59,551 -...To -- To See This. -Yes, Of Course It Is. 614 00:28:59,551 --> 00:29:01,275 This Document Sets Into Motion 615 00:29:01,275 --> 00:29:04,448 A Whole New World, Really. 616 00:29:04,448 --> 00:29:06,034 His Tenacity Was Incredible. 617 00:29:06,034 --> 00:29:08,241 To Decide To Go To The Ocean 618 00:29:08,241 --> 00:29:11,758 With Those Three Vessels So Small... 619 00:29:11,758 --> 00:29:13,689 And He Never Really Got The Fame. 620 00:29:13,689 --> 00:29:15,310 -No, Not At The Moment. -Yeah. 621 00:29:15,310 --> 00:29:17,724 If He Could See Today His -- His Legacy, 622 00:29:17,724 --> 00:29:18,724 What Do You Think He Would... 623 00:29:18,724 --> 00:29:20,172 Well, He Would Be Very, Very -- 624 00:29:20,172 --> 00:29:22,310 The Most Happiest Man In The World, I Suppose. 625 00:29:25,655 --> 00:29:28,172 With A Clear Sense Of The Man Behind The Legend, 626 00:29:28,172 --> 00:29:30,862 I Head To The Last Major Stop On My Journey... 627 00:29:35,482 --> 00:29:36,689 ...Another Place 628 00:29:36,689 --> 00:29:38,862 Where The Explorer Might Actually Be Located. 629 00:29:38,862 --> 00:29:41,241 And Just Like The Lighthouse In The Dominican Republic, 630 00:29:41,241 --> 00:29:43,689 This Place Isn't Exactly Subtle. 631 00:29:43,689 --> 00:29:46,827 This Is The Great Cathedral De Seville. 632 00:29:46,827 --> 00:29:49,931 It Is The Largest Gothic Cathedral On The Planet. 633 00:29:49,931 --> 00:29:51,137 It Was Built In The 15Th Century, 634 00:29:51,137 --> 00:29:53,724 Took More Than 100 Years To Complete. 635 00:29:53,724 --> 00:29:56,275 And It Is An Architectural Masterpiece. 636 00:29:56,275 --> 00:29:58,793 And It Is, At Least According To The Spanish, 637 00:29:58,793 --> 00:30:03,379 The True Final Resting Place Of Christopher Columbus. 638 00:30:03,379 --> 00:30:06,862 The Interior Of The Cathedral Is Awe-Inspiring, Soaring, 639 00:30:06,862 --> 00:30:10,655 Mystical And A Place Where Us Mere Mortals Feel Very Small. 640 00:30:10,655 --> 00:30:12,862 But There's No Mistaking The Main Attraction Here. 641 00:30:12,862 --> 00:30:14,655 Rising Up Over The Congregation 642 00:30:14,655 --> 00:30:18,551 Are Four Enormous Statues Carrying A Draped Coffin. 643 00:30:18,551 --> 00:30:20,655 It's So Grand That You'd Be Forgiven For Thinking 644 00:30:20,655 --> 00:30:22,103 They've Got The Pope Up There. 645 00:30:22,103 --> 00:30:24,034 But In Fact, It's Believed By Many 646 00:30:24,034 --> 00:30:27,034 To Be The Bones Of An Explorer. 647 00:30:27,034 --> 00:30:28,379 After Going To The New World, 648 00:30:28,379 --> 00:30:30,758 The Spanish Moved What They Believed Was The Box 649 00:30:30,758 --> 00:30:32,827 With Columbus' Bones To Havana 650 00:30:32,827 --> 00:30:35,482 Before Bringing Them Back To A Monastery In Seville 651 00:30:35,482 --> 00:30:38,379 And Then Here To The Nearby Cathedral. 652 00:30:38,379 --> 00:30:40,413 But Did They Take The Right Box? 653 00:30:40,413 --> 00:30:44,482 Or, Like The Dominicans Claim, Is Someone Else Buried Here? 654 00:30:44,482 --> 00:30:46,793 I Tried To Get In For A Closer Look At The Coffin. 655 00:30:46,793 --> 00:30:48,310 But Then, This Happens. 656 00:30:52,827 --> 00:30:54,103 Not Allowed. 657 00:30:56,586 --> 00:30:59,241 Very, Very Strict. 658 00:30:59,241 --> 00:31:02,931 Journalists, Uh, Are Not Allowed To Be On Camera With The Tomb. 659 00:31:02,931 --> 00:31:05,862 That's, Uh, Against The Rules. 660 00:31:05,862 --> 00:31:07,137 Uh, They Have To Remain Separate. 661 00:31:07,137 --> 00:31:08,758 Very, Very Guarded. 662 00:31:08,758 --> 00:31:11,517 Despite Making Arrangements To Film Here, Church Officials 663 00:31:11,517 --> 00:31:15,413 Are Really Uptight About Anyone Exploring This Historic Mystery. 664 00:31:15,413 --> 00:31:17,862 Honestly, It Feels Like It's Bordering On Conspiracy, 665 00:31:17,862 --> 00:31:21,275 And I Try Not To Take It Personally. 666 00:31:21,275 --> 00:31:23,448 Not A Lot Of Leeway In There. 667 00:31:23,448 --> 00:31:24,793 Even Just Getting A Camera Crew In There 668 00:31:24,793 --> 00:31:26,241 Was A Huge Amount Of Effort. 669 00:31:26,241 --> 00:31:28,724 But, Uh, First Time Getting Thrown Out Of A Cathedral? 670 00:31:28,724 --> 00:31:29,862 Are You Kidding Me? On This Show? 671 00:31:33,827 --> 00:31:36,000 I May Not Have Made It Up To The Coffin Itself, 672 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,034 But Fortunately For Me, Someone Else Has. 673 00:31:39,034 --> 00:31:40,310 Several Years Ago, 674 00:31:40,310 --> 00:31:41,931 The Remains Were Briefly Transferred 675 00:31:41,931 --> 00:31:43,827 To The University Of Granada For Testing. 676 00:31:43,827 --> 00:31:45,724 So That's Where I'm Headed Next 677 00:31:45,724 --> 00:31:48,517 To See If They Managed To Decipher The Dna. 678 00:31:48,517 --> 00:31:51,586 ♪♪ 679 00:31:55,413 --> 00:31:57,413 My Meeting Isn't For 24 Hours. 680 00:31:57,413 --> 00:31:59,655 So I Disembark In The City Of Pamplona, 681 00:31:59,655 --> 00:32:02,620 Where I Can't Help But Notice That Everyone Is Wearing White, 682 00:32:02,620 --> 00:32:06,517 Red And Hiding Behind A Lot Of Very Sturdy-Looking Barriers. 683 00:32:06,517 --> 00:32:08,827 This Is The Festival Of San Fermin. 684 00:32:08,827 --> 00:32:12,724 But You Might Know It Better As The Running Of The Bulls. 685 00:32:12,724 --> 00:32:14,551 To Witness The Insanity For Myself, 686 00:32:14,551 --> 00:32:16,310 I Toss On The Traditional Attire, 687 00:32:16,310 --> 00:32:20,896 Hoping To Avoid Any Blood Spatter On My Crispy Whites. 688 00:32:20,896 --> 00:32:25,103 This Is The Definition Of Madness. 689 00:32:25,103 --> 00:32:27,586 Here's What You Need To Know About The Running Of The Bulls. 690 00:32:27,586 --> 00:32:28,689 It's Been Going On Here In Pamplona 691 00:32:28,689 --> 00:32:30,379 For More Than 200 Years. 692 00:32:30,379 --> 00:32:33,034 It's Been In Existence In Spain Since The 14Th Century. 693 00:32:33,034 --> 00:32:36,034 And It Is Really, Really Crazy. 694 00:32:36,034 --> 00:32:39,620 They Take Six Very Angry Bulls That Are Going To Die 695 00:32:39,620 --> 00:32:41,620 Later On Today In The Bullfighting Arena, 696 00:32:41,620 --> 00:32:43,379 And They Release Them Into The Streets Of Pamplona 697 00:32:43,379 --> 00:32:45,034 At Exactly 8:00 A.M. 698 00:32:45,034 --> 00:32:46,758 8,000 Runners Will Flood These Streets 699 00:32:46,758 --> 00:32:49,241 With One Goal -- To Not Get Gored. 700 00:32:49,241 --> 00:32:50,586 But It Is, Without A Doubt, 701 00:32:50,586 --> 00:32:52,896 The Most Dangerous Half Mile In The World. 702 00:32:55,344 --> 00:32:58,206 Since Nothing In Spain Is Done With Understatement, The Bulls 703 00:32:58,206 --> 00:33:01,620 Are Released With The Firing Of A Rocket In The Main Plaza. 704 00:33:01,620 --> 00:33:03,689 [ Explosion ] 705 00:33:19,965 --> 00:33:21,172 Gates: I'm Searching For The Truth 706 00:33:21,172 --> 00:33:23,379 Behind The Two Different Final Resting Places 707 00:33:23,379 --> 00:33:26,275 Of Christopher Columbus In Both The New World 708 00:33:26,275 --> 00:33:28,413 And The Old. 709 00:33:28,413 --> 00:33:30,689 Currently, I'm In Pamplona, Where I'm Trying 710 00:33:30,689 --> 00:33:33,931 To Stay Out Of The Way Of Some Seriously Angry Livestock. 711 00:33:37,482 --> 00:33:39,206 Proponents Of The Running Of The Bulls Will Tell You 712 00:33:39,206 --> 00:33:42,241 That There Have Only Been 15 Deaths Since 1910, 713 00:33:42,241 --> 00:33:45,172 Though Fail To Advertise That There Are More Than 100 Gorings 714 00:33:45,172 --> 00:33:46,827 And Tramplings Each Year. 715 00:33:48,931 --> 00:33:50,379 Just Brutal. 716 00:33:50,379 --> 00:33:53,517 People Just Getting Knocked Down. 717 00:33:53,517 --> 00:33:54,965 The Bulls Are Dangerous. 718 00:33:54,965 --> 00:33:56,827 The Other People Are Just As Dangerous. 719 00:34:08,344 --> 00:34:10,448 When It's All Over, The Bloodshed Is Minimal, 720 00:34:10,448 --> 00:34:12,896 And No One Is Dead Other Than The Bulls, Of Course, 721 00:34:12,896 --> 00:34:14,931 Which I Can't Say I Feel Good About. 722 00:34:14,931 --> 00:34:16,931 But As I Wrestle With The Question Of Whether Or Not 723 00:34:16,931 --> 00:34:20,379 This Whole Event Is Cultural Or Cruel Or Both, Really... 724 00:34:22,517 --> 00:34:25,103 ...I'm Distracted By A Parade Of Giants. 725 00:34:28,275 --> 00:34:31,137 There Are Four Pairs Of Kings And Queens Here, 726 00:34:31,137 --> 00:34:33,413 One For Each Of The Four Corners Of The World, 727 00:34:33,413 --> 00:34:34,758 Including The Americas, 728 00:34:34,758 --> 00:34:36,862 Something Added To The Festival After The Discovery 729 00:34:36,862 --> 00:34:37,793 Of The New World. 730 00:34:43,068 --> 00:34:47,379 These Guys Are Known As The Kilikis. 731 00:34:47,379 --> 00:34:48,655 So They Are, Uh, 732 00:34:48,655 --> 00:34:51,137 Designed To Guard And Protect The Royal Statues. 733 00:34:51,137 --> 00:34:53,310 And They Do That By Beating People Up. 734 00:34:55,965 --> 00:34:58,172 He's Literally Beating Up Children. 735 00:34:58,172 --> 00:35:00,000 Oh, God. Oh, God. 736 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,275 Now, It's -- It's Starting To Hurt A Little Bit, Actually. 737 00:35:03,275 --> 00:35:06,965 This Guy Has A Serious Anger-Management Problem. 738 00:35:06,965 --> 00:35:09,241 With My Senses Now Battered Into Numbness, 739 00:35:09,241 --> 00:35:11,758 I Need To Get To My Meeting. 740 00:35:11,758 --> 00:35:14,758 I Jump Back On My Train To Meet Dr. Miguel Botella, 741 00:35:14,758 --> 00:35:17,551 A Professor Of Anthropology At The University Of Granada. 742 00:35:20,103 --> 00:35:21,827 Gates: How Many Years At The University? 743 00:35:21,827 --> 00:35:23,655 Cuantos Años? -42 Years. 744 00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:25,241 -42 Years? -Yes. 745 00:35:25,241 --> 00:35:26,379 Gates: When Columbus' Crypt 746 00:35:26,379 --> 00:35:28,241 At The Seville Cathedral Was Last Opened, 747 00:35:28,241 --> 00:35:31,068 Dr. Botella Was There. 748 00:35:31,068 --> 00:35:35,000 In 2006, His Team Did Dna Testings On What Was Inside. 749 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,517 And He's Agreed To Share Their Findings With Me. 750 00:35:37,517 --> 00:35:39,827 Had They Opened The Crypt In The Cathedral 751 00:35:39,827 --> 00:35:40,931 In Seville Before? 752 00:35:40,931 --> 00:35:42,862 [ Speaking Spanish ] 753 00:36:02,758 --> 00:36:04,413 There Was Only 150 Grams. 754 00:36:04,413 --> 00:36:06,172 -Yeah. -So Very Little. 755 00:36:06,172 --> 00:36:07,310 Interpreter: Very Little. 756 00:36:07,310 --> 00:36:09,068 They Believe That People In The Past 757 00:36:09,068 --> 00:36:11,344 Had Taken Pieces Of Bones As Souvenirs. 758 00:36:11,344 --> 00:36:12,827 So We Were Shocked To Find 759 00:36:12,827 --> 00:36:14,758 There Wasn't A Full Skeleton Left. 760 00:36:16,310 --> 00:36:18,620 So This Is The Inside Of The Box? 761 00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:19,931 -Yeah. -Wow. 762 00:36:23,344 --> 00:36:25,000 Gates: He Shows Me On A Model 763 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:26,724 What Small Pieces Remained In The Crypt. 764 00:36:26,724 --> 00:36:28,620 Little Bit Of The Jaw, 765 00:36:28,620 --> 00:36:31,310 Arm, Couple Of Leg Bones And A Little Bit Of Vertebrae. 766 00:36:31,310 --> 00:36:32,517 Yeah. 767 00:36:32,517 --> 00:36:35,034 They Removed The Bones To Do Dna Analysis. 768 00:36:35,034 --> 00:36:36,586 They Then Swabbed The Gums 769 00:36:36,586 --> 00:36:38,413 Of Hundreds Of People Around The World 770 00:36:38,413 --> 00:36:41,965 With The Last Name Colon In Spain Or Colombo In Italy. 771 00:36:41,965 --> 00:36:45,000 The Idea Was To Try To Determine Columbus' Nationality. 772 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:46,965 But The Results Were Inconclusive. 773 00:36:46,965 --> 00:36:49,034 Interpreter: The Dna Was A Match, 774 00:36:49,034 --> 00:36:50,482 But That Doesn't Settle The Case. 775 00:36:50,482 --> 00:36:52,931 It Only Means It's The Same Family. 776 00:36:52,931 --> 00:36:54,965 It Could Be Columbus, Or It Could Be His Son 777 00:36:54,965 --> 00:36:58,551 If The Wrong Box Was Brought Back From The New World. 778 00:36:58,551 --> 00:37:02,517 We Couldn't Get Enough Dna Out Of The Sample To Be Sure. 779 00:37:02,517 --> 00:37:04,482 In Terms Of The Physical Examination, 780 00:37:04,482 --> 00:37:07,379 Do You Think That The Samples Match Columbus? 781 00:37:07,379 --> 00:37:08,862 Normally, 782 00:37:08,862 --> 00:37:11,137 I'd Compare The Bones With The Images Of The Person. 783 00:37:11,137 --> 00:37:14,896 But Columbus Never Sat For A Portrait. 784 00:37:14,896 --> 00:37:16,965 So Every Painting You've Seen Of Columbus Isn't Him. 785 00:37:16,965 --> 00:37:19,482 So Every Image That We Have Of Him Is Made Up? 786 00:37:23,137 --> 00:37:25,310 All Invented By Painters Who Never Met Him. 787 00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,551 We Have No Idea What He Looked Like. 788 00:37:27,551 --> 00:37:29,517 So I Went To Santo Domingo. 789 00:37:29,517 --> 00:37:31,413 And The People There 790 00:37:31,413 --> 00:37:34,965 Are 100% Confident That He's In Santo Domingo. 791 00:37:34,965 --> 00:37:37,517 They Say That Everybody In Spain Has It Wrong, 792 00:37:37,517 --> 00:37:38,931 You Guys Are Crazy. 793 00:37:38,931 --> 00:37:41,413 Yeah, Yeah, Maybe. Maybe Crazy, Yes. 794 00:37:41,413 --> 00:37:43,379 What -- What Do You Say To The People There? 795 00:37:43,379 --> 00:37:44,551 How Do You Refute That? 796 00:37:44,551 --> 00:37:45,827 Interpreter: If They Are So Confident, 797 00:37:45,827 --> 00:37:48,379 Then They Should Allow The World To Test Those Bones. 798 00:37:48,379 --> 00:37:51,103 Until Then, Columbus And His Grave Are A Puzzle. 799 00:37:51,103 --> 00:37:52,379 Everything About Him Is A Mystery... 800 00:37:52,379 --> 00:37:53,448 Mm-Hmm. Mm-Hmm. 801 00:37:53,448 --> 00:37:55,275 -...Even In Death. -Everything. Yes. 802 00:37:55,275 --> 00:37:56,931 Gates: However, Even If The Dominicans 803 00:37:56,931 --> 00:37:58,827 Don't Open The Remains At The Lighthouse, 804 00:37:58,827 --> 00:38:00,586 There Might Still Be Hope For An Answer. 805 00:38:00,586 --> 00:38:03,482 Interpreter: Dna Technology Is Evolving Fast. 806 00:38:03,482 --> 00:38:06,551 In The Future, Machines May Be Able To Use The Small Sample 807 00:38:06,551 --> 00:38:08,379 We Have To Get A Definitive Answer. 808 00:38:08,379 --> 00:38:09,965 We've Taken Great Pains 809 00:38:09,965 --> 00:38:11,896 To Preserve The Dna We've Recovered. 810 00:38:11,896 --> 00:38:14,517 And Where Are Those Samples Kept? 811 00:38:16,448 --> 00:38:18,310 Is It Possible To See The Sample? 812 00:38:18,310 --> 00:38:19,448 Yeah. 813 00:38:23,241 --> 00:38:26,620 I Waste No Time In Racing Downstairs To The Dna Lab. 814 00:38:26,620 --> 00:38:29,275 It's Possible That A Little Bit Of Christopher Columbus 815 00:38:29,275 --> 00:38:31,413 Is On The Other Side Of This Door. 816 00:38:43,137 --> 00:38:45,379 Gates: I'm At The University Of Granada In Spain, 817 00:38:45,379 --> 00:38:48,310 Where I've Just Learned That On The Other Side Of This Lab Door 818 00:38:48,310 --> 00:38:52,103 Might Lay Some Of The Actual Remains Of Christopher Columbus. 819 00:38:55,034 --> 00:38:56,206 There We Go. 820 00:39:00,068 --> 00:39:05,965 Security Is Tight, And Precautions Are Extensive. 821 00:39:05,965 --> 00:39:08,793 And Why Wouldn't They Be? 822 00:39:08,793 --> 00:39:11,758 As I've Learned, Countries Will Go To Extraordinary Lengths 823 00:39:11,758 --> 00:39:14,275 To Protect Columbus And His Legacy. 824 00:39:15,862 --> 00:39:17,310 Woman: Here It Is. 825 00:39:17,310 --> 00:39:19,000 -This Is It. -Yeah. 826 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,379 Cc. 827 00:39:20,379 --> 00:39:21,448 Christopher Columbus. 828 00:39:21,448 --> 00:39:23,275 So This Right Here, 829 00:39:23,275 --> 00:39:26,586 This Tiny Piece Of Liquid... -Yeah. 830 00:39:26,586 --> 00:39:27,965 This Could Be Christopher Columbus. 831 00:39:27,965 --> 00:39:29,344 Yes. 832 00:39:29,344 --> 00:39:31,517 Gates: What I'm Holding, Against All Odds, 833 00:39:31,517 --> 00:39:35,275 Is Very Possibly A Small Vial Of Liquid History. 834 00:39:35,275 --> 00:39:38,586 This Is Incredible, The Most Famous Explorer In The World, 835 00:39:38,586 --> 00:39:41,551 That His Dna Could Be Right Here. 836 00:39:41,551 --> 00:39:43,275 Thank You So Much For Showing Me This. 837 00:39:43,275 --> 00:39:44,551 You're Welcome. 838 00:39:44,551 --> 00:39:46,482 I Know It's A Very Little Sample, But It's A Big Thrill. 839 00:39:46,482 --> 00:39:47,586 -Yeah. -It Really Is. 840 00:39:47,586 --> 00:39:50,068 It's Amazing. 841 00:39:50,068 --> 00:39:51,551 What Else Do You Have In Here, Anything Cool? 842 00:39:51,551 --> 00:39:52,931 Zombies? -No. 843 00:39:52,931 --> 00:39:54,517 -Aliens? -No. 844 00:39:54,517 --> 00:39:56,068 Jimmy Hoffa? 845 00:39:58,724 --> 00:40:00,068 Gates: They're Not Quite There Yet. 846 00:40:00,068 --> 00:40:01,793 But Any Day Now, These Scientists 847 00:40:01,793 --> 00:40:04,379 May Be Able To Confirm The Last Resting Place 848 00:40:04,379 --> 00:40:06,344 Of The Great Explorer Himself. 849 00:40:08,931 --> 00:40:10,172 In The Past Two Weeks, 850 00:40:10,172 --> 00:40:12,517 I Have Flown Thousands Of Miles Across The Globe 851 00:40:12,517 --> 00:40:15,517 To Shed Light On The Mysteries Of Columbus. 852 00:40:15,517 --> 00:40:18,862 In Looking For His Lost Flagship, The Santa Maria, 853 00:40:18,862 --> 00:40:23,034 Reports That It Has Been Found Now Seem Premature. 854 00:40:23,034 --> 00:40:24,689 But There Is Evidence Beneath The Sea... 855 00:40:26,551 --> 00:40:31,379 ...And On Land Of An Entire Era Of History Yet To Be Recorded. 856 00:40:31,379 --> 00:40:33,172 That Is A Cannon. 857 00:40:33,172 --> 00:40:35,413 And In The Search For Columbus' Remains, 858 00:40:35,413 --> 00:40:39,172 I Followed His Five-Century Voyage Across Two Continents. 859 00:40:39,172 --> 00:40:41,689 I've Seen Two Coffins With His Name On It 860 00:40:41,689 --> 00:40:46,137 And Even Held What Could Be A Vial Of His Dna. 861 00:40:46,137 --> 00:40:47,620 My Professional Hunch Is That, 862 00:40:47,620 --> 00:40:50,862 After So Many Relocations, Christopher Columbus' Remains 863 00:40:50,862 --> 00:40:53,206 Are Likely Scattered Across The Continents 864 00:40:53,206 --> 00:40:57,137 That He Himself Connected. 865 00:40:57,137 --> 00:40:58,586 But More Than Anything, 866 00:40:58,586 --> 00:41:01,068 I Can't Shake The Feeling That I Now Know More Than Ever 867 00:41:01,068 --> 00:41:02,068 About Columbus 868 00:41:02,068 --> 00:41:04,586 And Yet Nothing At All. 869 00:41:04,586 --> 00:41:07,344 The Man Remains Frustratingly Out Of Focus. 870 00:41:07,344 --> 00:41:09,931 I See Him As Both Hero And Villain, 871 00:41:09,931 --> 00:41:12,551 Who Deserves The Admiration For His Daring Mastery 872 00:41:12,551 --> 00:41:14,586 Of The Seas And Condemnation 873 00:41:14,586 --> 00:41:18,724 For What He Did When He Crossed To The Other Shore. 874 00:41:18,724 --> 00:41:21,655 But Without Him, None Of Us Who Call The New World Home 875 00:41:21,655 --> 00:41:23,000 Would Be Here. 876 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,896 Without His Vision And His Tenacity, Our Own Lives 877 00:41:25,896 --> 00:41:27,758 May Never Have Come To Be. 878 00:41:27,758 --> 00:41:29,620 As Citizens Of The Modern World, 879 00:41:29,620 --> 00:41:31,965 We Have To Live With Columbus' Legacy, 880 00:41:31,965 --> 00:41:35,068 Learn From His Mistakes, Celebrate His Triumphs, 881 00:41:35,068 --> 00:41:39,000 And Continue To Explore New Worlds Beyond Our Own.