Who discovered America? The person who discovered America is not simply Christopher Columbus. The continent was first settled ...

This October marks the 520th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ discovery of the Americas – the result of one of many other explorations that took place between the 15th and 17th Centuries. European ...

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about North America more than a century before his 1492 voyage. The revelation ...

Christopher Columbus is in the Bad Place, and the historical drama that Ridley Scott directed about him was a massive flop ...

AUTHOR: JEFFREY MERVIS, pg. 3. WASHINGTON--While any conceptual link between modern scientific investigation and Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World back in 1492 is tenuous, the National ...

NMAI copy 39088018377580 and 39088018377598 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema.

Grecian scholars deduced planet was round as far back as the 5th century, B.C. On Monday, Oct. 8, we celebrate Columbus Day, commemorating the great Italian mariner and adventurer Christopher Columbus ...

Of the 12 federal holidays, Columbus Day is one of only three celebrating a person. Among that trinity, which includes the celebrations of the births of George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr., ...

Katy ISD community members are condemning the district for a post published on its Facebook account on Monday in commemoration of "Christopher Columbus Day." "In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail ...

Christopher Columbus sails towards a very excited crowd on the beach aboard his ship Santa Maria before coming ashore on a ...