SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

Researcher conducted over 22 years suggests that Columbus was not a sailor from Genoa, as previously believed, but in fact from a family of Jewish silk spinners from Valencia.

In 1486, Columbus went to the Spanish monarchy of Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their focus was on a war with the Muslims, and their nautical experts were skeptical, so they, ...

Columbus has longstanding ties to Genoa. The birthplace of Christopher Columbus and the biggest city in the world named after him have been sister cities since 1955.

Where was Christopher Columbus from? Was he from Genoa? The research suggests that Columbus was of Sephardic Jewish and Aragonese descent. After years of analysing DNA samples, Lorente’s team ...

President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the 15th century explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa, now part of ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

Many historians have questioned the traditional theory that Columbus came from Genoa, Italy. Other theories range from him being a Spanish Jew or a Greek, to Basque, Portuguese or British.

A rare copy of a letter from Columbus to Spain's royals detailing his voyage vanished from a Venice museum in the 1980s. U.S. authorities have repatriated it to Rome after a yearslong investigation.

Christopher Columbus —or at least his words—crossed the ocean yet again last week. American authorities traveled to Rome to repatriate a 15th-century letter that was stolen more than 30 years ago.