Alex feels horrible about missing a shot in a basketball game and losing the game.Timeblazers, Jen and Sam, work on picking up his spirits by looking at some of history's biggest goof-ups. Columbus mistakenly named Native Americans, Indians, because he believed he had landed in India. Viking Bjarni Herjolfsson sailed off course to Labrador, Canada and told Leif Erikson, who retraced the trip and is now known as the first European to land on North America. Napoleon Bonaparte thought he could conquer Russia but the Russians used the "scorched earth" tactic. Finally, an Italian architect built the famous Tower of Pisa on a soft foundation.
Alex feels horrible about missing a shot in a basketball game and losing the game.Timeblazers, Jen and Sam, work on picking up his spirits by looking at some of history's biggest goof-ups. Columbus mistakenly named Native Americans, Indians, because he believed he had landed in India. Viking Bjarni Herjolfsson sailed off course to Labrador, Canada and told Leif Erikson, who retraced the trip and is now known as the first European to land on North America. Napoleon Bonaparte thought he could conquer Russia but the Russians used the "scorched earth" tactic. Finally, an Italian architect built the famous Tower of Pisa on a soft foundation.
General Note
Originally released by Chip Taylor Communications, 2005.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on October 13, 2014.
Content Note
Mistakes in History (3:14); --Exploration Mistakes (7:17); -- Napoleon's Mistake (5:58); -- Tower of Pisa (7:20);.
