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In the America's with David Yetman
Colon’s Spain and the Quest for Western Lands
Season 10
Episode 1008
Huelva and its surroundings reveal a wealth of cultural and historical influences, from Romans through Moors to Spaniards, from technology to disease, through (perhaps) Italians and (perhaps) Portuguese ancestry that Columbus and subsequent would-be conquerors carried with them to would transform the Americas into a European province.
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