Many have claimed to have "discovered" the America's first. From Christopher Columbus, to Leif Erikson, all the way to the first paleoindians who set foot on the continent during the last ice age.

Weirdest: Insects smell with their antennas. Wrongest: Christopher Columbus discovered America.* * not his actual name, and the existence of North America was already known to millions of people ...

Our exhaustive search of American place names discovered that one country has been a shockingly dominant source of ...

A 300-year-old silver thimble engraved with a romantic inscription was recently unearthed by a metal detectorist in ...

The most significant of Farissol’s writings is Igereth Orchoth Olam, a comprehensive cosmographic and geographic work based on original research and the studies of Christian and Arab geographers.

The first Black child born in America, William Tucker, was probably born on this date in Jamestown, Va. However, some ...

Learn about Iceland, Monaco, and other countries with no militaries. These are the agreements and strategies they have for national defence.

The monastery is an outstanding repository of four centuries of Spanish religious architecture. It symbolizes two significant events in world history that occurred in 1492: the Reconquest of the ...

Michael Palin in Venezuela (wt), produced by ITN Productions is a new 3 x 60' series with broadcaster and writer Sir Michael Palin. Airing on 5 later this year, the series is the follow-up to the ...