Name: This Land
Released: 2026-06-07T07:00:00.000Z

TV Show · Documentary · History

This series traces America’s rise from a fragile string of colonies to a continent spanning superpower - as told by experts and descendants of the men and women whose sacrifices and struggles shaped the nation we live in today.

2026 · 41m

EPISODE 1

The Purchase and the Price

The Louisiana Purchase doubles America’s size overnight and reshapes the country forever.
EPISODE 2

Sea to Shining Sea

The Lewis and Clark expedition - part of Jefferson’s vision to create an America stretching “from sea to shining sea” - incites westward expansion.
EPISODE 3

The Golden Trail

California’s rise was not promised. Descendants of the settlers, in pursuit of Manifest Destiny, reveal the ambition that transformed the frontier.
EPISODE 5

The Last Wild Frontier

The Alaska Purchase adds vast territory to the U.S. but is also one of the Earth’s most extreme environments.
EPISODE 6

Empire Island

Against impossible odds, DeWitt Clinton launches a plan to reshape the landscape of New York state and transform it into a global trading superpower, sparking conflict between the Gilded Age elite and the immigrant poor.