BBC atlas of the natural world Western Hemisphere and Antarctica

Warner Home Video (Firm) (Added Author).

Summary: Land of the eagle is the story of how North America was discovered is told through the eyes of the Native Americans and the European newcomers. A magnificent ensemble of paintings, photographs, wildlife films, and Native Americans voicing the words of their ancestors. In Spirits of the jaguar amid volcanoes, jungles, deserts, and reefs, we enter the legendarykingdoms of the Mayas and Aztecs where each creature, from monkey to snake, turtle to flamingo, is ruled by the all-powerful spirit of the jaguar.

Item details

ISBN: 1419840185 (set) :
ISBN: 9781419840180 (set)
Physical Description: videorecording
videodisc
6 videodiscs (ca. 1055 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2006.

Contents / Notes

General Note:	Title from container. "Four landmark BBC series presenting the definitive portrait of the land, wildlife and peoples of the Western Hemisphere and Antarctica"--Container cover.
Formatted Contents Note:	Land of the Eagle. disc 1. Episodes 1-4: The Great encounter -- Confronting the wilderness -- Conquering the swamps -- Across the Seas of Grass -- disc. 2. Episodes 5-8: Into the shining mountains -- Living on the edge -- The first and last frontier -- Searching for paradise -- Spirits of the Jaguar. [disc 3]. Episodes: The forging of a new world -- Forests of the Maya -- Hunters of the Caribbean Sea -- The fifth world of the Aztecs -- Wild South America. [discs 4-5]. disc 1. Episodes 1-4. Lost worlds -- Mighty Amazon -- The Great Plains -- The Andes -- disc 2. Amazon jungle -- Penguin shores -- Life in the freezer. [disc 6]. Episodes: The bountiful sea -- The ice retreats -- The race to breed -- The door closes -- The big freeze -- Footsteps in the snow.
System Details Note:	DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital, dual-layer, DVD-9.