Across the United States, many celebrate Columbus Day, a controversial federal holiday observed every year on the second Monday in October. It was named after Christopher Columbus, the man credited ...

On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

Christopher Columbus’s three ships—the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria—first landed on a beach of a small island within the Bahamas Islands, in the Caribbean Sea, on October 12, 1492. The natives called ...

In this well-researched, rakish debunking of the many myths surrounding Christopher Columbus, Matthew Restall demonstrates that conspiracy theories are recurrent throughout history.

Today's quote of the day by Christopher Columbus. He was an Italian explorer, navigator and colonizer who bridged the gap between Europe and the New World. In 1492, he voyaged aboard the Santa Maria ...

Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday he wants the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate two Christopher Columbus statues. He deserves thanks for agreeing to take a long-overdue step to ...