In 1486, Columbus went to the Spanish monarchy of Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their focus was on a war with the Muslims, and their nautical experts were skeptical, so they, ...

Christopher Columbus never set foot in the continental United States, and his journey to the Western Hemisphere occurred 284 years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

Despite his initial doubts, by the end of the journey, Morison concluded that Columbus was a “good dead-reckoning mariner.” Morison’s own journey began long before he set sail on the Expedition.