To say that Christopher Columbus is somewhat controversial is kind of like saying the planet Jupiter is somewhat large. To some, he is the "Admiral of the Ocean Sea", the heroic navigator who ...

Hundreds of thousands of people gathered on 5th Avenue in NYC today for the 80th annual Columbus Day Parade. Here's what you need to know about the event.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on one of the most consequential expeditions in history. He and his crew spent more than a month at sea and eventually landed upon the New World. But the ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting ... He persuaded King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I to sponsor his quest to find a westward route to China, ...

That year is also when that portion of Route 46, originally known as Route 6, was built. Newspaper reports note that on Dec. 15, 1941, that section of Route 6 officially opened.

President Trump vowed to bring Columbus Day back in honor of the historical figure credited with discovering the "New World," while blaming Democrats for tarnishing his reputation.

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.

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

To discover that Christopher Columbus, long whispered to have Jewish heritage, had markers of Sephardic DNA is to me about as monumental as learning the Earth is round circa 1492.

Columbus was more than just a navigator; he was a man of deep faith. Columbus sailed not just to find a trade route to China, but to evangelize. His first landing in the Americas was a ...