“Christopher Columbus is still alive.” So writes Matthew Restall in his biography of the weaver’s son from Genoa who became ...

'Columbus sailed the ocean blue' and right into a tangled legacy. Replicas of the Santa Maria, Nina and Pinta floating in the ocean off coast during tour to celebrate 500th anniversary of Christopher ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

Several Christopher Columbus statues in the U.S., including one in Houston, were defaced by protesters as tensions on systematic racism are on the rise nationwide. The statue, in the Houston Museum ...

Last Columbus Day, Joe Biden tweeted about Indigenous People’s Day. This year, he can unite all Americans by invoking the mystic chords of our common history, and proudly invoking the legacy of ...

(WHTM) — The short answer? A lot of people. To say that Christopher Columbus is somewhat controversial is kind of like saying the planet Jupiter is somewhat large. To some, he is the “Admiral of the ...

St. Louis, St. Paul, Richmond, Boston — cities across the country have dismantled, torn down or removed their statues honoring the explorer Christopher Columbus. One of the more recent and more ...

A roundup of Philly news. This post may be updated at any time as new information becomes available. First Frank Rizzo. Are Those Christopher Columbus Statues in Philadelphia Next? Christopher ...

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 journey ...

To the editor: Steven Hackel, a professor of history at UC Riverside, would have us believe that the indigenous peoples of the Americas in the 15th and 16th centuries were just sitting around ...

EXCLUSIVE: Experts have used a “space treasure map” to make a remarkable discovery in the Caribbean -- a centuries-old anchor believed to be from one of Christopher Columbus’ ships. Analysis of the ...

For the fourth time in four years, federal authorities announced they have recovered a stolen copy of a letter that Christopher Columbus wrote describing his voyage to the Americas. The US Attorney’s ...