A replica of the ship Christopher Columbus sailed to the New World has docked on the east coast. The Nao Santa Maria arrived ...

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 ...

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.