S1 • E7 Mar 3, 1988 28m
The role of the Roman Catholic Church and other religions in the colonization of North America. The Reformation of the sixteenth century pitted France against England and put the colonization of North America on hold for a few decades. The fascination with a possible passage to the Orient surged again near the end of the century, with a number of historic voyages by explorers such as Walter Raleigh, Humphrey Gilbert and Francis Drake.
