Christopher Columbus changed the world, as few other men have ever changed it, bringing together the unknown and the known. Yet remarkably, the great explorer went to his grave ignorant of his great ...
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In Columbus’s wake

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue. And however difficult that first voyage with the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria was, it was a pleasure cruise compared to the rough seas he's had to ...
An original copy of a 15th-century Christopher Columbus letter translated from Spanish into Latin Christie's An original copy of a letter from Christopher Columbus detailing his first voyage to the ...
NMAI copy 39088017837824 from the library of H. Paul and Jane R. Friesema. "Lying in only twenty-five feet of water in a small gulf off the coast of Panama, a shipwrecked vessel managed to escape ...
Monday marks the holiday traditionally known as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus’ voyage to the Americas, which put the Western Hemisphere on the map for Europeans. However, this day has ...
Public officials who have fallen victim to brief, distorted and whitewashed versions of the Christopher Columbus story that appeared in mid- to late-19th Century elementary school history textbooks ...
President Joe Biden issued a proclamation to recognize Oct. 14 as Columbus Day in honor of Christopher Columbus, the 15th century explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa, now part of ...