Columbus celebrated the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing in the Americas with Ameriflora '92. The floral ...

Columbus Day is a federal holiday on the second Monday of October, marking Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Americas in 1492. Some, especially within Native American communities, have argued ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer ... Columbus may not have discovered the Americas, but it was his arrival—and subsquent three additional voyages over the next twelve ...

After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in ...