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Gates: October 12, 1492.
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The New World.
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It Looks Like Paradise,
And Perhaps It Is...
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A Virgin Land
Protected On All Sides
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By Vast Oceans,
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Its People Blissfully Unaware
Of Life Beyond Their Shores.
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♪♪
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But In Just A Moment,
All Of That Will Change.
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In 1492, Columbus
Sailed The Ocean Blue.
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We All Know The Rhyme.
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But What Else Do You Know
About Christopher Columbus?
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What Do You Really Know?
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When It Comes To Explorers,
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None Are More Famous
And Yet Less Understood.
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Some People Are Taught
That He Discovered America.
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Yet He Never Set Foot Here.
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His Nationality Is In Dispute.
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His Early Years
Are A Total Mystery.
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Even His Own Journals
Are Filled With Misdirection.
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To Some, He Is An Epic Hero,
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To Others,
A Bloodthirsty Conqueror.
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But Who Was He Really?
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There Are Two Huge Mysteries
Surrounding Columbus
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That May Shed Light On The
True Nature Of His Character.
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And Both Might Be On The Verge
Of Being Solved.
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The First Involves The Fate Of
His Flagship, The Santa Maria,
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Which Hasn't Been Seen
Since She Ran Aground
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On Christmas Day Of 1492
Off The Coast Of Haiti.
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One Explorer Claims He's Found
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What Is One Of The Most
Important Ships In History.
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But Local Authorities
Aren't So Sure.
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And Would You Believe
We Can't Even Agree
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On Where Columbus Is Buried?
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Two Nations Have Been Locked
In A Dispute
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Over Which Has
The Explorer's Bones.
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But Now Dna Evidence
May Finally Unlock The Answer.
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♪♪
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This Is An Expedition
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That Will Take Me
To The Old World And The New,
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Through 4 Countries
And 500 Years Of History,
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All To Discover What Is The True
Story Of Christopher Columbus.
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♪♪
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My Name Is Josh Gates.
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With A Degree In Archaeology
And A Passion For Exploration,
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I Have A Tendency To End Up
In Some Very Strange Situations.
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Good Lord!
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Ah!
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My Travels Have Taken Me
To The Ends Of The Earth
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As I Investigate
The Greatest Legends In History.
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We're Good To Fly.
Let's Go.
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This Is "Expedition Unknown."
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Captions Paid For By
Discovery Communications
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To Begin My Expedition
Into The Mysteries Of Columbus,
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I'm Bound For Madeira,
A Small Island
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Off The Coast Of Portugal
In The North Atlantic Ocean.
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It's Also Where A Young
Christopher Columbus
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Honed His Navigational Skills.
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We Have Cliffs On One Side
And Just Water On The Other
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And A Very Narrow Runway.
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Not A Lot Of Room To Negotiate.
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The Runway At Madeira Airport
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Is One Of The Shortest
And Most Dangerous In The World.
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A Series Of Deadly Crashes
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Prompted The Government
To Lengthen It,
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But With No Additional Land,
They Built 180 Concrete Columns
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And Hung The Runway
Over The Sea.
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♪♪
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Brakes, Brakes, Brakes, Brakes,
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Brakes, Brakes, Brakes,
Brakes, Brakes.
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[ Brakes Screeching ]
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Whoo-Hoo!
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[ Passengers Cheering ]
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That Is The Joyous Sound
Of Not Falling Into The Ocean.
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Welcome To Funchal.
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This Is The Largest City Here
In Madeira, A Place
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That Has Long Been
Associated With Exploration.
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It Was Founded By The Portuguese
In 1420,
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Part Of Their Golden Age
Of Discovery.
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About 40 Years Later,
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It Became Home
To Christopher Columbus.
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Little Is Known For Certain
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About The Early Life
Of Columbus.
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He Seems To Appear In History
Fully Formed,
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A Self-Made Gatsby
For The Age Of Explorers.
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Most Scholars Think He Was Born
In Genoa, Italy,
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The Son Of A Weaver.
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However, Some Historians
Have Identified Columbus
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As Portuguese, Spanish,
And Even Jewish To Boot.
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His Arrival In Portugal
Is Mysterious.
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He Supposedly Washes Ashore
In A Shipwreck In 1476.
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And Four Years Later,
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He Arrives In Madeira To Make
His Living As A Chartmaker.
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But He Also Develops
An Obsession With The Sea.
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Madeira Is Steep.
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And To Discover Its History,
You Need To Head Uphill.
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Welcome To The Top Of Madeira.
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There's Little Physical Evidence
Of Columbus Here Today.
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At His House,
This Window Is All That Remains.
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And Through It,
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Columbus Looked Out On A Very
Different World Than Ours.
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At The End Of The 15Th Century,
The European Powers
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Depend On Trade Along
The Famed Silk Road To India,
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But The Route Becomes Blocked
By The Powerful Ottoman Empire.
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Spain And Portugal
Dispatch Their Best Navigators
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To Find An Ocean Route
To The Southeast,
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Around The Tip Of Africa.
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But The Young Chartmaker In
Madeira Has A Different Plan --
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To Look West.
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[ Accordion Music Plays ]
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It's Easy To See Why Columbus
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And His Fellow Colonists
Loved Madeira.
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The View Up Here Can't Be Beat.
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In Columbus' Time, Though,
Getting Back Down To Sea Level
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Quickly
Required A Novel Solution --
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Wicker Sleds That Would Fly
Down The Steep Streets.
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They Once Carried Bottles
Of Madeira's Famous Wine,
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But Today, They Carry
Less-Precious Cargo --
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Television Personalities.
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I Can Literally Feel
And Hear The Wicker Breaking
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Under Me As I Sit.
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That's Not A Good Sign.
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This Crazy Contraption
Is Called A Carreiros Do Monte.
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And It Is Not For The Faint
Of Heart Or The Weak Of Bladder.
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There We Go.
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This Is Insane.
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Good Lord!
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Ah!
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Crazy!
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Yeah!
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Wall. Wall!
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Imagine Flying 30 Miles
An Hour Downhill
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In A Bread Basket From
Pottery Barn With No Brakes,
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And You'll Get An Idea
Of How Safe This Is.
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[ Horn Honks ]There's An Intersection!
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Are You Kidding Me?
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♪♪
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Excellent Work, Boys.
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I'm Just Gonna
Sit Here For A Minute
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And Think About The Choices
In My Life
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That Brought Me To This Moment.
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♪♪
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Shaking Off My Near-Death
Experience, I Get It Together
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And Head To The Docks To Meet
Historian Ricardo Jardim.
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I'm Hopeful
That He Can Shed Some Light
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On What Kind Of Man
Columbus Really Was
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And Reveal
More About His Fateful Voyage.
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He Told Me He Has A Boat
By The Docks,
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And, Well,
It's Not Hard To Spot.
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How Are You?
I'm Fine.
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Welcome Aboard.
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This Is The Santa Maria.Yes, Yes.
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When You Said
You Had A Boat,
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I Didn't Realize
You Had Theboat.
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Why Don't You Come
Onboard?
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And I'll Show You
How We Sail It.
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Now, Unlike The Real
Santa Maria,We're Gonna
Come Back, Though, Right?
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Yes, Yes.
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Built By Local Craftsmen,
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This Is One
Of The Only Working Replicas
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Of The Santa Mariain The World.
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Put About 500 Years
On Her Odometer,
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And This Could Be The Boat
I'm Looking For.
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This Is The Same Size
As The Santa Maria.
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Exactly The Same Size.
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Which, You Know,
It Seems --
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Frankly, Being Out Here,
It Seems Kind Of Small.
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Because People Have The Idea
That Those Ships Were Big.
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But This Was The Biggest
They Had.
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While Everyone Else Is Trying
To Get Around Africa,
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Columbus Is Obsessing
Over The Journals
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Of The Great Explorer
Marco Polo.
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Polo Went Over Land,
Way Past India,
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To The Grand Courts
Of Kublai Khan In China.
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Columbus Is Convinced
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He Can Sail West And Reach
This Mysterious Country.
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And For Almost 10 Years,
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He Seeks Funding For
What Most Believe Is A Fantasy.
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But In 1492,
He's Finally Granted Sponsorship
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From Spain's Queen Isabella
And King Ferdinand.
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On August 3Rd Of That Year,
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Columbus,
A Crew Of About 100 Men
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And Three Small
But Seaworthy Ships, The Nina,
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The Pinta,And The Santa Maria,
Depart For Asia.
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Little Does Anyone Know
That Only Two Ships
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Will Be Coming Back.
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Even Just Outside Of Port
Here...
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Yes.
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...It's Pretty Roll-Y
On This Boat.
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Yes.
With A Storm,
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This Would Be Very Difficult
To -- To -- To Sail.
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If I'm Gonna Get
Inside Columbus' Head, Though,
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I'm Gonna Have To Sail A Mile
In His Shoes.
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Okay.
So, All Right, Step One.
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Step One,
You Have To Untie The Sails.
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Okay.
What Do I Pull?
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Uh, Not Here.
You Have To Go Up There.
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No. This -- Look.
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But There's So Many Things
Here To Pull.
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Doesn't One Of These Just
Make The Sail Drop?
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Come On.
You Just Have To Go Up There.
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And You Will See
It's Very Easy.
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It's Very Easy.
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Okay.
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Up Like This?
Yeah.
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This Is Very Stable.Yes.
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Now I Can See
You Have Portuguese Blood.
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Yeah, You're About To Have
Some Portuguese Blood
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On The Deck
Of The Ship In A Minute.
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[ Laughs ]
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While I Hang On For Dear Life,
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The Portuguese Hugh Jackman
Here Just Keeps Smiling
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And Another Deckhand
Flies Up Like Mowgli
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From "The Jungle Book."
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Wait. Why Are You
So Much Faster Than Me?
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[ Laughter ]
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That's Good.
We Are Just Going Slow Ahead.
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Slow Ahead.
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Be Careful.
It's Moving A Little Bit.
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This Is Horrible.
This Is Officially Horrible.
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♪♪
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Gates:
I'm Off The Coast Of Portugal
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Aboard A Life-Size Replica
Of Columbus' Flagship,
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The Santa Maria.
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This Is Crazy.
So It's Up Higher.
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This Is Horrible.
This Is Officially Horrible.
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I'm Up In The Very Creaky
Crow's Nest To Untie The Sail.
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♪♪
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It Is Puke-Y Mcgillicuddy
Up Here.
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I Can't Even Imagine
Being Up Here In A Storm.
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You Are Supposed To
Untie That Rope There.
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Okay. Untied.
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Can I Get Out Of Here Now?Yes, You Can Come Out.
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Okay,
I'm Coming Down.
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I Carefully Descend
Down The Ropes
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And Get Back To The Deck,
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And With Knots Untied,
We're Ready To Sail.
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♪♪
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How 'Bout That?That Is Good.
252
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She Sails.
253
00:11:17,965 --> 00:11:23,206
♪♪
254
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According
To Columbus' Calculations,
255
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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
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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
♪♪
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