Fourth in a seven-part series marking the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's landing in the Americas.
Worlds Found and Lost. The modern sailing vessel
Westward retraces Columbus's wandering path through the Bahamas to Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
The programme describes how Columbus's log was sprinkled with eager commentary on the gold he and his crew expected to find at each new turn. They found little gold, but they did encounter a thriving native population who, according to Columbus, pronounced the Europeans to be "men from heaven". But these gentle people were exploited and eventually driven to extinction by forced labour and disease.
Presented by Mauricio Obregon. Producer Zvi Dor-ner
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