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  • When Worlds Collide

When Worlds Collide | In 1493 news reaches Europe of a New World | PBS

Duration: 01:22
Program: When Worlds Collide
Broadcast Date: Sep. 27, 2010

In this preview clip, Martínez begins a journey through space and time to explore the rise of a new culture that would reshape not just Europe and the Americas in the 16th century, but the United States in the 21st century.

WHEN WORLDS COLLIDE, premiering on Monday, September 27, 2010, at 9:00 pm ET/PT on PBS, with host Rubén Martínez, travels to Spain and Latin America, where contact first occurred between Spanish conquistadors and native peoples.

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Post Date: August 27, 2010