Issued in 1893 for Ihe Columbus Exhibition in Chicago.
Theslamp is taken from a painting by William H.Powell. The 400lh anniversary was actually in 1892. A Personal History of the United States written and narrated by Alistair Cooke
2: The New Found Land
ALISTAIR COOKE retraces the epic journeys of the French and Spanish adventurers, the first Europeans to explore North America.
Associate producer ANN TURNER
Producer and director MICHAEL GILL
Fully illustrated book, Alistair Cooke 's America, £5.00, from bookshops