Regent Seven Seas Cruises has celebrated the keel laying for Seven Seas Prestige at the Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera, ...

The reliance on old-fashioned imagery was telling. A compass, one of the tools that helped Christopher Columbus on his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic, hardly seems useful in this age of satellite ...

Christopher Columbus is widely known as the first European to set foot in the "new world" in 1492. Although he thought ... William Weston was on the same voyage and the first Englishman to set ...

Columbus Day, celebrated on the second Monday of October, marks the first voyage of Christopher Columbus. He traveled west from Spain in 1492 and reached the islands of present-day Bahamas. This would ...

Trefoil is the answer. Although Christopher Columbus was born in Italy, his voyage to the new world in 1492 was paid for by the king and queen of which country? Evan. - Spain. - Spain is right.

History buffs can also visit the Casa de Colon mansion, where Christopher Columbus is said to have slept during his 1492 voyage. Meanwhile, the cobblestone streets of the old quarters are home to all ...

A Connecticut man has been arrested after police alleged that he vandalized a statue of Christopher Columbus, as well as POW and American flags, officials said. Marco Mejil Jr., 30, of Meriden ...

Christopher Hughes, who was one of the stars of the hit TV show Eggheads, has died. Hughes was a member of the regular panel of quiz experts on the programme, which was first broadcast in 2003. He ...

After Christopher Columbus's arrival on the island in 1492, Santo Domingo became the site of the first cathedral, hospital, customs house and university in the Americas. This colonial town, founded in ...