In 1891 — one year prior to the 400th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage — 11 Italians in New Orleans were slaughtered in the largest mass lynching in U.S. history.

Christopher Columbus may have been the first European to land on Puerto Rico's shores, but touring San Juan will tell you there's a lot more to the story.

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

A rare chance to step aboard history is being offered to town visitors as a full-scale replica of a 15th century ship that carried Christopher Columbus across the Atlantic docks. The legendary ...

Christopher Columbus gives hawks’ bells to the Taino people, the first Native Americans he encountered in 1492, in this hand-colored copperplate engraving by Sasso from Giulio Ferrario’s ...

In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue … and totally missed his mark. His journey may not have gone exactly as planned, but there were some interesting detours along the way.

A full-scale replica of the ship that carried Christopher Columbus to America will sail into Thanet next month and visitors are being offered a rare chance to climb aboard. The Santa María ...

Genetic testing has finally confirmed the official resting place of Christopher Columbus, and scientists who announced the discovery say they also now know his ethnic origin -- although they aren ...

Scientists have revealed new evidence in the case of Christopher Columbus' ancestral origins after a DNA analysis claimed to find the explorer was not Italian after researching his bones.

A DNA analysis on mysterious bones has revealed they belonged to Christopher Columbus who died more than 5-00 years ago. Experts have long debated his final resting place.

Archaeology & History DNA Analysis Sheds New Light on Christopher Columbus’s Mysterious Origins. New genetic research has revealed that the famed explorer was part Jewish.

Monday is Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples' Day. The explorer had a violent history among Native Americans, and many say we should honor them.