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

Les Stone/Polaris Christopher Columbus, anchored somewhere along the island's Atlantic coast, upped sails to begin the long voyage back to Spain with news he had discovered a western route to the ...

April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...

It’s not the first cruise company to offer people a new life on the waves though. The World set sail on a ‘never-ending’ ...

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.

It was the culmination of a long-awaited dream and a cause for great celebration when Port Canaveral officially was dedicated ...

Despite its backdrop of thigh-straining hills, Madeira’s coast-hugging capital is pleasingly walkable. Settled by Portuguese ...

Benedict III’s reign as Catholic Pope ends with his death 1397: Geoffrey Chaucer tells the “Canterbury Tales” for the ...

For Mary Ann Whitley, who wrote the book "Ohio Tales of the Titanic," the Buckeye State's connection to the Titanic runs deep.