Christopher Columbus: The Discovery

Chosen by a queen. Driven by a dream. He dared to go to the edge, and kept going.

Directed by John Glen

Produced by Warner Bros. Pictures, Sociedad Quinto Centenario (Madrid)

A historical adventure film about Columbus's quest to find a western route to the Indies, driven by ambition and faith against institutional skepticism and maritime peril.

Genoan navigator Christopher Columbus has a dream to find an alternative route to sail to the Indies, by traveling west instead of east, across the unchartered Ocean sea. After failing to find backing from the Portugese, he goes to the Spanish court to ask Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand for help. After surviving a grilling from the Head of the Spanish Inquisition Tomas de Torquemada, he eventually gets the blessing from Queen Isabella and sets sail in three ships to travel into the unknown. Along the way he must deal with sabotage from Portugese spies and mutiny from a rebellious crew.