A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Christopher Columbus was a man of contradictions; he professed God spoke to him to direct his travels, yet after four voyages he still could not recognise that he had 'discovered' a New World.

Musician Peter Frampton turns 75 and actor Jeffrey Dean Morgan turns 59, among the famous birthdays for April 22.

“Puerto Rico was discovered by Christopher Columbus, on November 19, 1493. This was his second voyage to claim lands for the rulers of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella. When Columbus discovered ...

Cardinal Roger Mahony has repeatedly apologized for his handling of clerical sexual abuse in Los Angeles. In 2013, internal ...

He was known for gigantic and often controversial monuments, including some taller than the Statue of Liberty.

Les Stone/Polaris Christopher Columbus, anchored somewhere along the island's Atlantic coast, upped sails to begin the long voyage back to Spain with news he had discovered a western route to the ...

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.

It’s not the first cruise company to offer people a new life on the waves though. The World set sail on a ‘never-ending’ ...

April 17th marks a day filled with events that have significantly shaped the course of history across various continents and ...