What became of the settlement that Christopher Columbus' crew built after his flagship ... The next day—Christmas, 1492—his flagship, the Santa María, lodged in a reef. He ordered his men ...

The map itself is undated, but there are clues it was created in 1491: It quotes a book published that year, and Christopher Columbus may have consulted the map (or a copy) before his great voyage.

A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th ... the voyage would help spread Christianity into the East. In August 1492, Columbus’s expedition set sail with three ships: the Niña, Pinta, and ...