The Nao Santa Maria, a replica of the ship in which Christopher Columbus undertook his historic transatlantic voyage, has docked in.

Following Columbus’s landmark voyage, Spain and Portugal found themselves in a race for global dominance. To prevent open ...

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Two 16th-century texts about the Americas by Jewish writers reflect the complicated place Jews and ‘conversos’ held in the ...

Explore the remarkable Viking voyages that led Norse explorers to North America around 1000 AD centuries before Columbus set ...

In 1892—the 400th anniversary of the Columbus voyage—President Benjamin Harrison called for a national celebration of Columbus and his achievements.

RACINE — You can’t blame locals for having Christopher Columbus on the brain these days. With replicas of his ships the Niña and the Pinta docked in the Rooney Pugh Recreational Area since ...

In 1892, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage, the American Jewish merchant Lazarus Straus and his diplomat son, Oscar Solomon Straus of the elite German-Jewish “Our Crowd ...

Oval Office aspirants of 2024, unite. On Columbus Day, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump should honor America and uphold the ideals of Western civilization by celebrating the epochal voyage of the ...

There are no less than 60 cities, towns, and counties named after Christopher Columbus in the United States, not the least of which is our nation’s capital, the District of Columbia and, somewha ...

“In commemoration of Christopher Columbus’ historic voyage 532 years ago, the Congress, by joint resolution of April 30, 1934, and modified in 1968 … as amended, has requested the President ...