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 ...

During the four voyages Columbus made to the New World, ... Christopher Columbus likely saw this 1491 map. The letters. In 1493, Columbus wrote a letter to one of his supporters, ...

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 ...

A map from 1493 will join thousands of others accessible online through work now underway at the Tampa Bay History Center. How do you digitally scan a world map from Columbus’ time? Very carefully.

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 ...