“Christopher Columbus is still alive.” So writes Matthew Restall in his biography of the weaver’s son from Genoa who became ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

By Victor Block In 1503, Christopher Columbus came upon a group of islands in what today is known as the Caribbean Sea. The ...

There are no less than 60 cities, towns, and counties named after Christopher Columbus in the United States, not the least of which is our nation’s capital, the District of Columbia and, somewhat ...

Oval Office aspirants of 2024, unite. On Columbus Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump should honor America and uphold the ideals of Western civilization by celebrating the epochal voyage of the ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still unknown. Reading time 3 minutes A team of researchers that has spent years ...

Here is a look at Columbus Day. October 9, 2017 - Columbus Day. Facts: Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October. Before it became a legal federal holiday in 1971, many states ...

Christopher Columbus's four voyages between 1492 and 1504 opened Europe's gateway to the Americas. These expeditions initiated the Columbian Exchange, a vast transfer of goods and peoples. Columbus's ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Five years after its removal, new conversations are emerging about the Christopher Columbus statue that once stood outside of city hall. City leaders announced the statue would ...