In addition, Columbus maintained until his dying day that the new land he had discovered was ... Hispaniola and the coasts of Central and South America. But Columbus adamantly repeated that ...

It has been a national holiday in the United States since 1937. It is commonly said that "Columbus discovered America." It would be more accurate, perhaps, to say that he introduced the Americas ...

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 asserts that a Muslim-Chinese eunuch-mariner from the Ming Dynasty discovered America — 71 years before Columbus. Zheng He was a real historical figure, who commanded a huge armada of wooden ...

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 Italian mariner Christopher Columbus claimed he discovered America in the 15th century, plenty of other explorers already had touched down on the continents Native Americans and other ...

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 ...