London (AP) — A replica of the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s fleet during his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic has dropped anchor at St. Katharine Docks in London, where it opens its gangways to ...

A replica of the Nao Santa Maria, one of Christopher Columbus' three ships he sailed in 1492 on his first voyage to America, will be at the Riverwalk in Wilmington beginning Thursday. It will be ...

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west from Spain, hoping to reach Asia. Instead, he reached the Caribbean, opening the door for European exploration of the Americas. This journey is what the ...

Our historical view of Christopher Columbus is conditioned by two competing mythologies. According to the first myth, Columbus was a heroic Italian explorer who sailed the ocean blue in 1492 and ...

The people of Genoa knew of the Americas more than 150 years before their most famous son arrived in the New World, according to research out of the University of Milan. A Genoese friar recorded an ...

You might have heard something about Christopher Columbus sailing the ocean blue in 1492 and sort of discovering America. And thanks to the holiday established in honor of the 15th-century ...