Summary Josh Bernstein hits the high seas and takes on the history books, challenging the age-old assumption that Columbus was the first to cross the Atlantic and the first to discover America. According to the Viking sagas, Eric the Red's son Leif Erikson was the first European on the continent. Using the sagas as his guide, Josh makes a grueling 4,000 mile journey from Scandinavia to Iceland to Greenland and then onto the edge of the New World. He's on the hunt for archaeological evidence of the sagas' claims and to prove the Vikings got to America before Columbus.
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Zay Harding Hunter Ellis Zahi Hawass Josh Bernstein
Genres : Mystery History Documentary
Release date : Feb 12, 2006
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : A+E Networks JWM Productions
Summary Josh Bernstein hits the high seas and takes on the history books, challenging the age-old assumption that Columbus was the first to cross the Atlantic and the first to discover America. According to the Viking sagas, Eric the Red's son Leif Erikson was the first European on the continent. Using the sagas as his guide, Josh makes a grueling 4,000 mile journey from Scandinavia to Iceland to Greenland and then onto the edge of the New World. He's on the hunt for archaeological evidence of the sagas' claims and to prove the Vikings got to America before Columbus.
Genres : Mystery History Documentary
Release date : Feb 12, 2006
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English
Production companies : A+E Networks JWM Productions
