During the four voyages Columbus made to the New World, he set foot on islands such ... Luis de Santángel, about his discovery. This letter was later reprinted and read by many people.

But it was Columbus' activities in the years that followed, says writer Charles C. Mann, that really created the New World. When Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, his journey prompted the ...

We need not deride Columbus' reluctance to give up the world that he knew from books. Only idiots escape entirely from the world that the past bequeaths. The discovery of America opened a new ...

which brought European imperialism to the shores of the “New World” and laid waste the ancient indigenous peoples there. Columbus deserves little credit (Leif Erikson had “discovered” the ...

1492 discovery of the 'New World' for Spain. That itself has been a touch-point of controversy over his treatment of ...

The day Columbus discovered America ... The “Indies” not of the Old World, but of a New World. A 3,000-mile arc — a discontinuous bridge of islands — between the north and south landmasses ...

It was a small round object sent around the planet, and it changed the course of human history. Call it “Spudnik.” It was a potato. On Columbus Day, the country commemorates the grand global ...

If confirmed, that would put Africans in the New World as contemporaries of Columbus and decades before ... and analysis on everything from dinosaur discoveries, archaeological finds and amazing ...

Allegory showing Christopher Columbus and his men landing in the West Indies with the discovery of the New World. Buyenlarge via Getty Images Researchers concluded that by “demonstrating the ...

“In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.” Under sponsorship by monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria began a new era of vast exploration of the ...