In a new analysis of ancient writings, scholars have uncovered evidence that sailors from the hometown of Christopher ...

Forget everything you know about the United States of America. It is not united anymore, but divided into several independent ...

Columbus may not have discovered the Americas ... in an era of exploration and colonization of North and South America. While this opened up economic and political opportunities for European ...

The first onset of a syphilis epidemic was documented in the late 15th Century in Europe, leading historians to believe it was brought to America when Columbus set foot on the continent.

Every so often, we’re jolted awake, reminded of the entitlement that hangs thick in the air of American history—the audacious belief that Christopher Columbus “discovered” America. Today, that same ...

South and Central America who met in Quito, Ecuador, in July 1990 to organize a cross-continental indigenous resistance to the Columbus Quincentennial.