A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

A new DNA study on the 500-year-old remains of Christopher Columbus has ... the same year that Columbus made his first voyage ...

Christopher ... Columbus’s expedition as an opportunity to expand Spain’s trading network into the Indies’ lucrative economy. Proponents of the Catholic Church, the monarchy also hoped the ...

The explorer, Christopher ... Columbus never set foot in what is now the continental United States, and nor did he seek to prove that the Earth was round. So, how did Columbus’ voyages change ...

One of the most famous explorers was Christopher Columbus. He lived over 500 years ago. Columbus wanted to travel to China and India, countries known as ‘The Indies’ which were full of wealth.