Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) ...

In 1493, during his return from the Americas, Christopher Columbus wrote a letter to Ferdinand II and Isabella I of Spain ...

After Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue, the physical remains of his ships -- the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria -- remain lost. Bettmann Archive The 15th century explorer landed in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “To hell with them,” indeed, who “sit safely at home” more than 500 years since Columbus’s voyage, casting aspersions on his ...

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Earlier this year I visited Huelva, Spain, which is very close to the border with Portugal. It is where Christopher Columbus launched the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria on his journey to America. There ...

William Hogarth, "Columbus Breaking the Egg" (1752). This engraving plays up the image of Columbus as a radical, self-willed explorer. (via wikipedia.org) (click to enlarge) October 12, observed ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio—The statue wars that swept away monuments six years ago are back. This time, the battle is to restore them. Traditionalists are suing and lobbying local governments to resurrect ...

To the editor: Steven Hackel, a professor of history at UC Riverside, would have us believe that the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries were just sitting around ...