The expulsion of Jews from Spain occurred in 1492, the same year that Columbus made his first voyage to the Americas. Now, ...

The Magnificent Voyage of Christopher Columbus recounts the history and epic adventure of Columbus' first Atlantic crossing, as a modern-day crew retraces Columbus' course, sailing replicas of his ...

While he was freed and sent on another voyage, Columbus was not reappointed as governor. So how did Americans come to celebrate the legacy of Christopher Columbus in the first place? The Columbus ...

Proponents of the Catholic Church, the monarchy also hoped the voyage would help spread Christianity into the East. In August 1492, Columbus’s expedition set sail with three ships: the Niña ...

They had befriended him in his darkest hour, successfully interceded for him at court and persuaded Isabella to sponsor his first voyage. It was the friary of Santa Maria de la Rábida in Huelva that ...

Both also sought a route to Asia. Syphilis first erupted in Europe in 1494 in a French army camp, a year after Columbus returned from a voyage to America . The disfiguring disease spread between ...