Christopher Columbus was Jewish, DNA experts concluded in a long-awaited investigation into the true origins of one of ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). Born in Genoa ...

Christopher Columbus ... For most of American history, Columbus Day was associated with a celebration of the American experience. President Benjamin Harrison, in 1892, proclaimed “the 400th ...

Painting of Christopher Columbus. The painting Virgen de los Navegantes ... Rosa’s theory, although exotic, helps explain certain facts from Columbus’ life. Namely, his marriage to a Portuguese ...

But although mainstream history books describe him as a native ... theory that the remains in Seville are those of Christopher Columbus”. However, the team has said it is possible that some ...

In a new analysis of ancient writings, scholars have uncovered evidence that sailors from the hometown of Christopher Columbus might ... reexamine his role in history and the consequences of ...

Oh dear. It looks like, contrary to received wisdom, it wasn’t the Europeans who brought syphilis to the Americas, but the ...

When a mysterious flesh-rotting disease broke out in Europe in 1495, two years after Christopher Columbus returned from the Americas, suspicion fell on his crew. Syphilis was soon rampant across ...

History is complicated ... 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.

One of the most famous explorers was Christopher Columbus. He lived over 500 years ago. Columbus wanted to travel to China and India, countries known as ‘The Indies’ which were full of wealth.