Christopher Columbus didn’t discover the Americas, he bumped into them while searching for spices. He was hunting for a trade route to the Far East to find cinnamon, cloves and pepper, which ...

But the journey almost didn’t happen. Columbus, who had started sailing as a teenager in the Republic of Genoa (now Italy), was intent on reaching Asia by sea to establish new trade routes for ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) and the New World (North America and South America). Born in Genoa, Italy ...

Although Columbus was harsh and imperious, he did not commit nor would he condone the centuries of inequity and injustice that followed his voyages. News Sports Entertainment Lifestyle Food ...

A rare copy of a letter from Columbus to Spain's royals detailing his voyage vanished from a Venice museum in the 1980s. U.S. authorities have repatriated it to Rome after a yearslong investigation.