His historic 1492 voyages across the Atlantic are ... While many in the U.S. grew up hearing the phrase “Columbus discovered America,” this narrative has become increasingly controversial.

The findings come just ahead of the U.S. holiday in his name, this Monday, timed to the second Monday in October each year to ...

Christopher Columbus ... America. The exact location of Vinland is debated among scholars, but it is generally agreed it was somewhere along the northern Atlantic coast. Columbus may not have ...