Columbus's First Voyage: 33 Days Without Land and a Crew Ready to Mutiny

On Christmas night 1492 Columbus's flagship ran onto a reef off Hispaniola. The ship was lost, and thirty-nine men were left on the shore — the first European settlement in the New World. When Columbus came back eleven months later, not one of them was there. The first voyage of Columbus, told from his journal and the accounts of his contemporaries. Chapters 0:00 Christmas night, 1492 1:33 Who Columbus was 2:09 The argument was not about the shape of the Earth 5:22 The agreement at Santa Fe 7:58 Leaving Palos 10:41 Two reckonings of the distance run 13:55 Muttering on deck 18:27 Land 20:27 Who got the reward 22:42 Guanahani: the first meeting 26:52 Looking for gold 31:31 Cuba: an embassy to the Great Khan 37:40 The Pinta sails away 43:18 Hispaniola 48:00 The cacique Guacanagarí 54:33 The Santa María is lost 1:00:33 La Navidad: thirty-nine men 1:03:34 The way back 1:10:53 The storm and the cask with the letter 1:15:38 The Azores and Lisbon 1:22:17 Barcelona, and the letter Europe read 1:26:09 What became of the fort 1:33:41 What became of Columbus Sources — Christopher Columbus — prologue to the journal of the first voyage — Paolo Toscanelli — letter to Canon Martins in Lisbon, 1474 — Ferdinand Columbus — the life of his father — Columbus's journal — as abridged by Las Casas — Columbus's journal as abridged by Bartolomé de las Casas — entry for November 6, 1492 — Bartolomé de las Casas — History of the Indies, Book One, on tobacco — Columbus's journal, as abridged by Las Casas — entry for November 21, 1492 — Peter Martyr — De Orbe Novo, first decade — Columbus's journal, abridged by Las Casas — entry for February 14, 1493 — Rui de Pina — Chronicle of King João II, on March 1493 — Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo — General and Natural History of the Indies — Doctor Chanca — letter to the town council of Seville — first Spanish edition, Barcelona, 1493 Music and footage Kevin MacLeod — CC BY 4.0: «That Zen Moment», «Past Sadness», «Envision», «Opium», «Angevin» Mark Bodino — CC BY 3.0: «Guardame Las Vacas (solo guitar)», «Song of the Emperor (solo guitar)», «Canarios (solo guitar)» Anthony Mark LaMort — CC BY 3.0: «Gregorian Improvisation No. 2 – Victimae Paschali», «Gregorian Improvisation No. 3 – Adoro te Devote», «Gregorian Improvisation No. 4 – Pange Lingua», «Improvisation: Veni Creator Spiritus» CC BY 3.0: «Branle gay V», «Gagliarde XXII» исполнение Metzner — CC BY 3.0: «Fuga in g (Tabulatur des Klosters Oliva)» Vincenzo Ruffo, performed by Vox Tremula — CC BY 3.0: «La Danza (Capricci in musica a tre voci)» Chris Zabriskie — CC BY 4.0: «Cylinder Four», «Cylinder Seven» Mickey Sattler — CC BY: «2014-10-26 Costa Rican forest & birds in a heavy rain» WTFMADVIDS — CC BY: «4k Footage of a peaceful sea in Greece at sunset from a boat - free footage!» Tammy Swart — CC BY: «Almodovar Pre-Sunrise» Quit work — CC BY: «Amazing floating rock structures...and Hollywood», «Stunning beaches and secluded places», «Stunning blue sea in the Exumas» Nick Podzeruk — CC BY: «Antilles. Samana Nature Reserve. Mangrove jungle. December 2021.» TravellingFat — CC BY: «Baracoa / Weltreise - Cuba / #161» borlinsky — CC BY: «Baracoa surf» ici Gwada — CC BY: «Chute du Carbet en Drone 4k» Jules Verne Times Two / www.julesvernex2.com (канал YouTube — CC BY-SA 4.0: «Drone video of the Santa Maria island in Azores, Portugal» Luca Venturini — CC BY: «Iguanas on Allen Cay, Exumas, The Bahamas» IRD — CC BY: «In search of the new Sargasso sea» sergiesquivel (канал YouTube): пилот дрона Teo Rodriguez — CC BY: «La Gomera en 4K (Canary Islands)» Good Mixer Media — CC BY: «Moon Rise Pacific Ocean - with the sounds of the ocean.» Inny Świat — CC BY: «Playa Caleton, Playa Diamentes, Playa de los Enamorados, Dominicana 2021 [4K]» XplorerFilms — CC BY: «Playa Las Galeras - The beauty of Dominican Republic in 4K Aerial Views» Matzi Goes Wild (канал YouTube — CC BY: «THE COLORS OF TENERIFE (Time-lapse, Teide National Park)» Farzteo — CC BY: «[Farzteo.com] Mangrove - Los Haitises National Park - Dominican Republic» Ksu The Traveler — CC BY: «Баракоа, Куба» The author and licence of each image are shown in the corner of the frame.