On 22 February 1498, a well-weathered mid-40s Christopher Columbus ordained in writing that his estate in the Italian port city of Genoa would be maintained for his family "because from it I came and ...

Being one of the most famous and influential figures in human history, it should come as no surprise that many cultures and nationalities have claimed Christopher Columbus—whose origins have long been ...

Christopher Columbus is in the Bad Place, and the historical drama that Ridley Scott directed about him was a massive flop ...

While this iconoclasm may seem to be a late 20th-century development (one that culminated in the 21st century with the destruction of multiple statues of the Genoese mariner during the George Floyd ...

“CNY community is ready to reconcile Columbus statue controversy” (Post-Standard, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024) continues to spread a false narrative that contradicts history. References to Christopher ...

Columbus Day honors Christopher Columbus after arriving to what's now known as the Bahamas. This happened back in 1492 but the holiday wasn't created until hundreds of years later in the United States ...