Proponents of the Catholic Church, the monarchy also hoped the voyage would help spread Christianity into the East. In August 1492, Columbus’s expedition set sail with three ships: the Niña ...

Tagliapietra, Davide Guarneri, Irene Keppel, Erica and Sigovini, Marco 2021. After a century in the Mediterranean, the warm-water shipworm Teredo bartschi invades the Lagoon of Venice (Italy), ...

Tagliapietra, Davide Guarneri, Irene Keppel, Erica and Sigovini, Marco 2021. After a century in the Mediterranean, the warm-water shipworm Teredo bartschi invades the Lagoon of Venice (Italy), ...

On the second Monday of October, a federal holiday acknowledges the voyage of the acclaimed navigator Christopher Columbus to the new world. In the days preceding the holiday, dramatic accounts of his ...

September 5, 1705 The history of the European seaborne slave trade with Africa goes back 50 years prior to Columbus' initial voyage to the Americas. It began with the Portuguese, who went to West ...

In a new analysis of ancient writings, scholars have uncovered evidence that sailors from the hometown of Christopher ...