In 1724 Danish navigator Vitus Jonassen Bering was sent by Peter the Great to explore the water routes between Siberia and North America. In 1806 Russians go to trade with Spaniards in California.
This site covers places and history along the Columbia River, following the route of Lewis and Clark in 1805 and 1806, and, Lieutenant Broughton in 1792 and Charles Wilkes in 1841, and quite a bit of local history and trivia.
The Lewis & Clark Expedition - a pivotal moment in American history. But the story of York, a slave to William Clark and comrade on this journey, has been obscured by omission and stereotype. Learn about this unofficial member of the Corps of Discovery.
At one time, the largest landowner in North America was the Hudson's Bay Company, a vast British trading enterprise. In the early 1800s, Fort Vancouver served as the HBC headquarters in the Oregon Country employing hundreds of people from over 35 different ethnic groups.
focuses on the years 1807-1812, the time that Thompson spent primarily in the Canadian Rocky Mountains and northwestern United States, and the significant contributions that he made to the history of the American Northwest.
The story of the controversial Oregon newspaper editor, writer and suffragist who rose from ordinary beginnings to become a nationally famed champion of women's rights.
From all corners of the world, explorers reached the shores of the New World to reap untold riches, seek new routes to the Far East, and gain the most elusive glory of all - a place in history.
This program reconstructs European voyages of discovery that took place in the 15th through 18th centuries, including Louis-Antoine Bougainville, Jean Francois de Galaup La Perouse, and James Cook
James Cook Geographer, historical consultant and bestselling author Vanessa Collingridge searches for the man behind the legend as she traces his story in a series that is part biography, part travelogue and completely enthralling.
This television series tells the history and prehistory of Canada, with dramatic recreations of historical events and including many hours of archival footage, documentary evidence from the native Canadians through British and French settlers to modern times.
ells the story of the most important expedition in American history, led by Captains Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Includes the stories of the young army men, French-Canadian boatmen, Clark's African-American slave, and the Shoshone woman named Sacagawea who went with them.
From the Revolution through the California Gold Rush, it tells the visceral, immersive narrative of the American frontier through the eyes of the most iconic figures who explored and fought to claim the country's vast wilderness. It portrayals of Daniel Boone, Tecumseh, Lewis & Clark, Davy Crockett, Andrew Jackson, John Fremont, Kit Carson.
Crash Course World History #26. The Seven Years War was a global war, fought on five continents, which is kind of a lot. John focuses on the war as it happened in the Americas, Asia, and Africa.
Crash Course World History #27. John Green teaches you about the life and death of one of history's great explorers, Captain James Cook of the British Navy.
"If ye valuest thy immortal soul, open not this accursed chest." So reads the inscription on the 400-year-old metal box found by teen psychic on her Aunt's farm. (Relates to Sir Francis Drake's exploration of California)
A collection of digitized children’s literature of the Victorian era from the University of Florida Digital Collections. This is a search of Adventure tales from England.
Conquest of America
Captain Cook: Obsession & Discovery
Captain Cook: The Man Behind the Legend
Canada: A People’s History
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery
The Men Who Built America. Frontiersmen