In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” I remember the poem from my school days, when we were taught the Italian explorer, ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer ... In August 1492, Columbus’s expedition set sail with three ships: the Niña, Pinta, and Santa María. After more than two months ...

New analysis of ancient writings suggests that sailors from the Italian hometown of Christopher Columbus knew of America 150 years before its renowned ‘discovery’. (CREDIT: CC BY-SA 4.0) ...

Christopher Columbus, a dead white male of the worst ... Should we celebrate the man who led three little wooden ships across an ocean and changed the course of history? Or was Columbus a greedy ...

Les Stone/Polaris Christopher Columbus ... with exploring the coast and amassing gold. A year later, Columbus returned with 17 ships and 1,200 men to enlarge the settlement.

In 1504, during his fourth trans-Atlantic voyage, Christopher Columbus found himself stranded on the shores of Jamaica. His ...

The remains of Christopher Columbus's brother Diego and son Hernando ... journey in search of the fabled wealth of Asia. With ...

The 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’ arrival to the Caribbean and Americas was in 1992, and Columbus, Ohio was considered a fitting place to commemorate the anniversary. The city began ...

The King of Spain paid for three ships. The Pinta ... and that is down to Christopher Columbus.

A new research paper from Italy argues that sailors in Genoa — the home town of Christopher Columbus — knew of a land west of Greenland across the Atlantic. A city official reportedly said ...