Brother Christopher’s close ties with the Franciscans, and his marriage to the daughter of a Portuguese noble (from 1479 until her early death), did much to secure contacts for him in the royal ...

Author’s Note: This article, detailing the mysterious life of America’s first Jew, was originally published in 2018. While “Columbus Day” and its namesake remain controversial – many ...

Christopher Columbus landing in the New World, 1492 [Everett Collection/Shutterstock] ... Albardaner added that establishing the historical truth about Columbus’s early life was consequential.

Advocates of this theory point to several clues, including Columbus’s use of Jewish symbols and a mysterious gap in his early life, which some believe could be explained by a need to hide his ...