I want to give you a good experience. The first lecture is on November 13th 2012. It starts out with Europe in the 1500's where England, France and Spain are the main antagonists. I will enter and ask you How many of you have been on a cruise? Describe the voyage. Can you fathom why Europeans risked their lives going on a large unbalanced boat 3000 miles away to the Americas. There was little food, no sanitation and the chance for capsizing and losing your life is great. In England it was governed by corrupt monarchies, and a corrupt church. Most people were poor and barely made a living. Would you risk everything you have and re-locate in a desolate land you knew nothing about. The Age of Exploration came about. Tell me who were these explorers. Everything is a story with an en