From Columbus's first voyage in 1492 to the rise of European settlements by 1592, this video traces the early colonization of the Americas. Learn how exploration, conquest, and conflict shaped the ...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on one of the most consequential expeditions in history. He and his crew spent more than a month at sea and eventually landed upon the New World. But the ...

The 1992 commemoration of the 500th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage set off the present round of bitter controversy. In Denver, protestor Kay Miller, who identified herself as an Indian from ...

Morison first learned to sail as a teenager and ... a smaller boat that was a reproduction of the Nina on Columbus’s voyage. Capitana would follow them with the rest of the crew.

A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage was auctioned by Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen. By Julia Jacobs The last time ...

The column was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus' first voyage to the Americas. "How can another artist come and reinterpret the original ...

Last .year Professor Morison retraced part of Columbus’ first voyage in a ten-day cruise around Haiti, claimed to have found the site of Navidad, first European settlement in the New World.

Author’s Note: This article, detailing the mysterious life of America’s first Jew, was originally published in 2018. While “Columbus Day” and its namesake remain controversial – many ...

A replica of the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s fleet during his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic has dropped anchor at St ...

The Oct. 12, 1492, sighting of land by a sailor on board the Pinta during Christopher Columbus' first voyage to the Americas was first marked as a holiday in 1892. President Benjamin Harrison ...

Then, in 1992, at the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage, American Indians in Berkeley, California, organized the first “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” a holiday the city council soon ...