Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus remains a subject of intrigue and debate worldwide. His historic 1492 voyages across the Atlantic are widely recognized, but his legacy is fraught with ...

Columbus may not have discovered the Americas ... in an era of exploration and colonization of North and South America. While this opened up economic and political opportunities for European ...

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt first recognized Columbus Day as a federal holiday in 1934, after the explorer ...