Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

5 Facts , You Didn't Know About Christopher Columbus. Christopher Columbus was a famed sailor from the 1400s. He is best known for discovering the "New World" in 1492, which subsequently led to its ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. A statue of Christopher Columbus in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. What would have happened ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Portrait of a man with curly brown hair, wearing a large black hat On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher ...

There are no less than 60 cities, towns, and counties named after Christopher Columbus in the United States, not the least of which is our nation’s capital, the District of Columbia and, somewhat ...

DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still unknown. Reading time 3 minutes A team of researchers that has spent years ...

Earlier this year I visited Huelva, Spain, which is very close to the border with Portugal. It is where Christopher Columbus launched the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria on his journey to America. There ...