On a calm Jan. day in 1493, as his ships moved through the waters near what is now the Dominican Republic, Christopher Columbus paused to make an observation that would echo through history and ...
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Columbus believed he would find ‘blemmyes’ and ‘sciapods’ – not people – in the New World
In 1492, when Christopher Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean in search of a fast route to East Asia and the southwest Pacific, he landed in a place that was unknown to him. There he found treasures – ...
Christopher Columbus and other early European explorers were best known for the “new” lands they discovered and the people they transported. But there’s another side to the story, and it has to do ...
Christopher Columbus's four voyages between 1492 and 1504 opened Europe's gateway to the Americas. These expeditions initiated the Columbian Exchange, a vast transfer of goods and peoples. Columbus's ...
“Christopher Columbus is still alive.” So writes Matthew Restall in his biography of the weaver’s son from Genoa who became ...
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