Christopher Columbus is often credited with discovering America, but that was never his true goal. Driven by wealth, power, ...

Christopher Columbus sailed westward in 1492, hoping to find a new route to China and South Asia, but he hit a major roadblock — the Americas — and landed in the Caribbean. Columbus wasn't the first ...

Illustrated title (2 maps) on two leaves. Reproductions of two woodcuts and the first and last pages of the second Columbus letter, 1493, on lining-papers. https ...

Public officials who have fallen victim to brief, distorted and whitewashed versions of the Christopher Columbus story that appeared in mid- to late-19th Century elementary school history textbooks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The ecological impact of Christopher Columbus’ arrival in ...