Christopher Columbus: A Brief Biography. References. By Nola Taylor Tillman published 5 October 2012 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Washington Irving’s biography A History of the Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (1828) was a romantic confection that—among other things—promoted the silly idea that Europeans before ...

But as the subtitle – “Christopher Columbus, His Son, and the Quest to Build the World’s Greatest Library” – doesn’t quite say, this is, in fact, a biography of that son, Hernando Colón.

Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus continues to stir fascination and fierce debate. His historic Atlantic crossings in 1492 are famous worldwide, but his legacy remains deeply tangled ...

Tucked inside historian Alan Mikhail’s new biography of Sultan Selim, the ambitious early-16 th-century ruler of the Ottoman Empire, is a riveting series of chapters about Christopher Columbus.

Christopher Columbus was a narcissist. He believed he was personally chosen by God for a mission that no one else could achieve. After 1493, he signed his name "xpo ferens" — "the Christbearer." ...

To commemorate Columbus Day I collected some myths about Christopher Columbus which many people believe vs. the facts historians have pointed to: Myth: Columbus set out to prove the earth was round.