Some five centuries ago, a major revolution overturned traditional ship designs. In just a few years, ships were transformed from small coastal-bound transports into massive ocean-going vessels capable of long-distance exploration. These designs were crucial to launching Europe's age of imperial expansion and colonial exploitation, toppling the indigenous civilizations of the New World and spreading pandemics.

Rating: [TVG].

a Nova production by Lone Wolf Media for GBH Boston ; written and produced by Owen Palmquist ; director and executive producer, Kirk Wolfinger.

Narrator, Craig Sechler.

DVD, wide screen, stereo, region 1.

English audio. English SDH subtitles. English described video.