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 ...

A replica of the Nao Santa Maria, one of Christopher Columbus's ships, is set to dock in Poole. The tall ship will be moored ...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on one of the most consequential expeditions in history. He and his crew spent more ...

On December 25, 1492, the Santa María ran aground off the coast of present-day Haiti. Unable to salvage the ship, Columbus ...

Chris Columbus directed this adaptation of Richard Osman's bestselling novel of the same name with backing from Steven ...

I still cannot fathom that the wheel had not been invented on the islands Admiral Columbus traveled to on his first voyage when 5,000 years earlier the Egyptians built the pyramids using chariots ...

"I am hereby reinstating Columbus Day under the same rules, dates, and locations, as it has had for all of the many decades ...

In 2021, then-President Joe Biden became the first president to make an official ... In 1892—the 400th anniversary of the Columbus voyage—President Benjamin Harrison called for a national ...

While Columbus is credited with discovering the New World, his voyages led to the exploitation ... of lobbying from the Knights of Columbus. At first, it was on Oct. 12 each year, but that changed ...