PBS America (Freeview) Tuesday

Capri Cafaro takes part in one of America's oldest food traditions when she taps trees for sap in Vermont before boiling it down to make maple syrup

Hernán Cortés travels deep into the Mexican interior to conquer the Aztecs, becoming the most notorious of all the Conquistadors

Adolf Hitler's efforts to bankroll his dream of world domination, focusing on the Nazi 'economic miracle' that 'solved' unemployment in Germany

The story of history's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard, who gained momentum through the Caribbean, before blockading Charleston and fighting a bloody battle

Citizens of Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia tell their stories of how their countries were occupied and transformed into communist states

Adolf Hitler's efforts to bankroll his dream of world domination, focusing on the Nazi 'economic miracle' that 'solved' unemployment in Germany

Hernán Cortés travels deep into the Mexican interior to conquer the Aztecs, becoming the most notorious of all the Conquistadors

The story of history's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard, who gained momentum through the Caribbean, before blockading Charleston and fighting a bloody battle

Citizens of Poland, Hungary, East Germany and Czechoslovakia tell their stories of how their countries were occupied and transformed into communist states

Adolf Hitler's efforts to bankroll his dream of world domination, focusing on the Nazi 'economic miracle' that 'solved' unemployment in Germany

The story of history's most notorious pirate, Blackbeard, who gained momentum through the Caribbean, before blockading Charleston and fighting a bloody battle