Explorers like John Cabot, Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake played pivotal roles in England's exploration of North America, laying the foundations for settlements that would ultimately dispossess countless Indigenous Peoples.

Meet Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan whose ship was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
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John Farnworth has a number of freestyle records. He demonstrates them and discusses how he learns new skills and how he prepares to break records. This video could be used to lead a session on ball skills.

Jenny Graham holds the Guinness World Records title for being the fastest woman to circumnavigate the world by bike. In this video, she shares her journey, challenges, and experiences, highlighting her love for endurance cycling and the...

In 1577 English sailor Francis Drake set off on one of the most daring voyages in history, intending to plunder Spanish territories of the New World, cross the vast Pacific Ocean, and become only the second captain ever to circumnavigate...

Title card: "News Flashes!" / LS plane getting last minute adjustments as Amelia Earhart, together with Paul Mantz, Capt. Harry Manning, and navigator Fred Noonan prepare for global flight / MS group in front of plane / CU Amelia Earhart...

Title card: "News Flashes!" / WS small airplane Century of Progress parks on tarmac / SOT pilot Jimmie Mattern points out and explains hydraulic feature on propeller which allows takeoffs with heavy loads / WS the plane takes off and...

CLEAN : Yachting Vendee Globe

US Army Air Service personnel examine biplane 'New Orleans' as it stands with other similar biplanes on airfield / man loads suitcase into plane's hold; plane logo partially visible at right reads 'Air Service World Flight' / VS biplanes...

Title card: "PERSONALITIES IN THE NEWS - US Delegation on arms reduction hopeful of success at next meeting" / MS left to right: Sen. Claude Swanson (D-VA), Emma Wooley, Norman Davis in front of ship's railing / CU Swanson speaks / Title...

[7/21/1933] High angle shot ticker tape parade held for Italo Balbo and the Italian Air Armada; bank of US and Italian flags in fg // [7/26/1933] Wiley Post at New York City Hall after his solo around-the-world flight; he wears a...

Round the World Yacht race finishes

Clipper 09-10 Round the World Yacht race finishes

Racing yachts in St Katherine's Dock

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2 in 1 videos. Boat trail.

Sir Francis Charles Chichester steps off his boat Gypsy Moth 4 and is greeted by a waiting crowd / Chichester rides through London streets as crowd cheer and wave flags / arrives at Royal Naval College / crowd running to keep up /...

Title card: "Canada Hails Von Gronau on Record Flight - Sky trailblazer from Germany lands plane in port of Montreal" / plane on water moving toward camera, small plane nearby / MS men on Dornier-Wahl flying boat, pilot in cockpit; man...

Title card: "Season for long distance flyers in full swing - Captain von Gronau of Germany blazes new Viking air trail after crossing Atlantic" / von Gronau landing seaplane on Lake Michigan at Chicago, people on dock watching / plane...

Title card upside down: "Pathe News takes you on cruise around the world - We leave liner 'Empress of Britain' for a trip into the desert near Cairo to see the forbidden dervishes dancing" / four shots of dervishes dancing, two camels...

Busy people attending to the schooner "Black Hawk" / SOT actress Joan Lowell briefly speaks with her father, he kisses her and playfully shoves her head away (laughter) / As the ship's horn blows, the schooner starts to sail away with...

Thirty-three skippers, 27 men and 6 women, set sail on their monohulls for a solo non-stop round-the-world race (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

French sailor Louis Burton can't hide his joy as he becomes the second competitor to cross the finish line in the Vendee Globe round-the-world race (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)

France's Yannick Bestaven sprays champagne in celebration at winning the Vendee Globe round-the-world solo yacht race in France's Les Sables d'Olonnes on Thursday after a dramatic finish when one of his rivals hit a fishing trawler in...