Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer ... Proponents of the Catholic Church, the monarchy also hoped the voyage would help spread Christianity into the East.

Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus continues to be a figure of global fascination. His voyages across the Atlantic in 1492 may be iconic, but his legacy is riddled with controversy ...

“We have DNA from Christopher Columbus ... the same year that Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas. Now, ...

In 1504, Christopher Columbus, on his fourth trans-Atlantic voyage, was stranded on the shores of Jamaica, with his ships crawling with marine worms and his crew hungry. The Indigenous Arawak ...

Columbus is famous for reaching the Americas and opening a new world to European pioneers ...