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15th - 17th Centuries

1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992): Columbus

Aguirre, The Wrath of God (1972): expedition to South America

Balboa (1965)

Bartolome de Las Casas (1992)

The Black Robe (1991): Jesuits and Iroquois/Huron

Cabeza de Vaca (1991): expedition to Florida

Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1908) (1953)

Christopher Columbus (1949)

Christopher Columbus (1985)

Christopher Columbus--The Discovery (1992)

Columbus (1923)

The Coming of Columbus (1912)

The Courtship of Miles Standish (1923)

The Crucible (1996): witchcraft

How Tasty Was My Little Frenchman (1971): Hans Staden

Hudson's Bay (1940)

I, The Worst of All (1990): Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz

Jamestown (1923)

Knickerbocker Holiday (1944)

The Last Supper (1976): slavery in Cuba

Maid of Salem (1937): witchcraft

Mayflower: The Pilgrims' Adventure (1979)

The Mission (1986): Jesuits in South America

The New World (2005): Smith and Pocahontas

The Plymouth Adventure (1952)

Pocahontas (1908) (1995)

Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World (1998)

Pocahontas - The Legend (1995)

Quilombo (1986): slaves in Brazil

The Royal Hunt of Sun (1969): Pizarro

Seven Cities of Gold (1955): Father Junipera Serra

Squanto: A Warrior's Tale (1994)

Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1986): witchcraft

Wolfe, or the Conquest of Quebec (1915)