A team of researchers have grown increasingly confident that this late 15th century map of the world -- or a version of it -- possibly guided Christopher Columbus along his expedition to the New ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his ...

The 6-foot-tall map is believed to be from around 1491. It quotes an encyclopedia published in the same year, and its depiction of world geography is consistent with our understanding of where ...

LONDON - A nearly 500-year-old map from the first set to identify the New World as "America" and depict the Pacific Ocean was sold Wednesday for a record $1 million, an auction house said. The ...

Columbus’ Confusion About the New World The European discovery of America opened possibilities for those with eyes to see. But Columbus was not one of them. Edmund S. Morgan ...