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Overture

Lisbon

• Lisbon, Portugal, is the exciting and progressive place to be in the 1470s. News of personalities, inventions, and social trends provide the historical setting of events over 500 years ago.

Our Sovereign, The Sea

• Men of discovery meet in the taverns to swap sailing stories. Christopher and his brother sell their high quality and accurate maps and are part of this great enterprise.
  

Come Sail with Me

• Filipa, Christopher's wife, shares his dreams of breaking the rigid worldview of the past with the challenges of a future in which it is possible to think new thoughts and to use a western route to the Indies in the East.
  

Master Mariner

• Christopher matures during several, major seafaring experiences: Iceland, Britain, Africa, and the Ocean Sea.
  

Cinnamon and Silk

• In the marketplace, luxurious goods from the East--spices, silks, porcelains, precious stones--command more attention and money than goods from Africa and Europe.
  

Africa

• Africa is the time-proven and safe way to the Spice Islands in the East. Circumventing the Venetian-Moslem monopoly of the present land-water trade routes is best achieved by ship around Africa. Christopher's "shortcut" plan falls on unlistening ears.
  

I See the Wind

• Nevertheless, Christopher follows his knowledge and instincts. He claims the Holy Ghost inspires him to sail west across the deep to reach the east and this motivates his determination and vision to follow the light.
  

No! Nada! No!

• The clergy say: "No!" The intellectuals say: "No!" The rich and powerful say: "No!" This long period of obstacles gets reversed with Queen Isabella's emphatic: "Yes! Yes! Yes!"
  

The Ships are so Small

• While the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria are being provisioned, the women, children, and families show how frightening and awesome the venture really is.
  

Morning Hymn

• The "God bless us all" from the previous scene flows into a benediction for the men as they leave Palos, Spain, for the Canary Islands and beyond.
  

Songs of the Sea

• On the ships, daily life follows work patterns and Christopher records events and attitudes as the trade winds carry them westward.
  

When I remember Home

• Little things count as sailors reminisce about the warmth of a feather bed, moonlight on a garden path, and laughter of a child at play.
  

Three More Days

• More homesickness, blame, anger, rebellion, and finally, mutiny bring the crews to the countdown of three more days to reach land or turn back.
  

And So It's Over

• Christopher searches his soul for the veracity of God's earlier vision. In dreamy states, he re-experiences the salute to him in the tavern, the tenderness of Filipa's love for him, and the taunts of the intellectuals.
  

Tierra, Tierra, Tierra

• Sighting Tierra (Spanish word for "land") sweeps away Christopher's anxiety. Vidication follows on the Shores of San Salvador on October 12, 1492.
  

Reprise of I see the Wind Finale

• Though dark the night, there is a light. See the wind, feel the waves, and hear the star--The contemporary message.
  

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