Everyone learns in school that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. Columbus occupies an exalted position in our history, honored with statues, place names and countless books and movies.

It received federal holiday status in 1934 to celebrate the day that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Historians set that date on October 12, 1492. […] Skip to content.

Columbus, born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy, moved to Portugal in 1476 to start a mapmaking business. At the time, called the Age of Exploration, Portugal was a leader, having already discovered the ...

It’s Columbus Day – a time when faulty lore about the “discoverer of America” abounds. ... 4. MYTH: Columbus discovered America. Oct. 10, 2011, 2:10 p.m. ET ...

With both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day being celebrated on Oct. 9, some are asking if Christopher Columbus was really the first European in America. Skip Navigation Share on Facebook ...

“Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus,” he said, according to the Daily Mail. “Contacts between Latin America and Islam date back to the 12th century.

Muslims discovered America in 1178, not Christopher Columbus," Erdogan said. "Muslim sailors arrived in America from 1178. Columbus mentioned the existence of a mosque on a hill on the Cuban coast." ...

Although many of us were erroneously taught that “Columbus discovered America,” he never set foot on soil within our national borders and famously didn’t comprehend that he had encountered ...