A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about North America more than a century before his 1492 voyage. The revelation ...

There is also the saga of Leif Eriksson's voyage to Vinland—the mysterious spot on which he landed in North America ... original inhabitants of these lands. Columbus also continued to believe ...

He had found a land over which he would have no difficulty ... Española accordingly became the first European colony in America. Although Columbus had formally taken possession of every island ...

This was his second voyage to claim lands for the rulers of Spain ... first voyage in 1492 when he first discovered America.” Not to minimize Columbus’ efforts, but the land he “discovered ...

In the latest edition of history books for primary schools Christopher Columbus arrived in America in 1942, not 1492, a mistake the state government attributed to poor “typing” and therefore ...

He describes these lands as being “rich in trees ... possibly alluding to Norse exploration of North America. This predates Columbus's voyages by more than a century. Integration of Maps ...

A few months later, the crew spotted land. Columbus thought he had reached the ... can say for certain is that finding the continent of America was a huge event for Europeans, and that is down ...