Everybody knows Columbus sailed the ocean blue in 1492. But years later, in 1500, he would make an even more precarious voyage. Stripped of his title, accused of heresy and theft, Columbus was ...

Columbus's problems began, ironically, with his greatest success. It was summer when Columbus first sallied forth across the ocean blue -- or ocean dark, as Spain's more timid sailors called that vast ...

Even if you were to overlook the not-so-minor fact that millions of people were already living in the Americas in 1492, the fact is that Columbus never set foot on the shores of North America. In fact ...

Portrayals of Columbus as a villain often rely on select moments taken out of context, while dismissing a great deal of other evidence, including his own stated intentions.

Much of the delegitimization of Christopher Columbus is attached to a similar move to delegitimize America’s Founding Fathers ...

Although Monday was Columbus Day, today marks the 515th anniversary of the discovery of the new world by Christopher Columbus. Hoping to find a new route to India and Asia to capitalize on the rich ...

October 28th has been a date of remarkable historical significance across the centuries.Arguably the most momentous event ...

President Trump said "left-wing radicals" have tried to tarnish Columbus' legacy, and the proclamation is a way to preserve ...

Public officials who have fallen victim to brief, distorted and whitewashed versions of the Christopher Columbus story that appeared in mid- to late-19th Century elementary school history textbooks ...

Never mind the disease and slavery wrought by Christopher Columbus' voyage -- or the fact that he didn't actually "discover" the New World. President Donald Trump's first presidential proclamation of ...