In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on one of the most consequential expeditions in history. He and his crew spent more ...

It was Bartholomew who planned the great voyage with Christopher ... agreed to finance Columbus’s expedition. The ships the Nina and the Penta were among them. A third ship, the Santa Maria ...

Experts have used a “space treasure map” to make ... of the Pinta and Nina on Columbus’ first voyage in 1492. Six years later, around the time of Columbus’ third voyage, Vicente Pinzon ...

Christopher Columbus ... third journey to North America in 1498, which eventually involved him being arrested for his mismanagement and cruelty during the whole fiasco. His fourth and final voyage ...

It's highly likely that Christopher Columbus saw Martellus' 1491 map before his famous 1492 voyage. Researchers figured this out because Martellus drew an elongated Japan running north to south ...

This 1491 map is the best surviving map of the world as Christopher Columbus knew it as he made his first voyage across the Atlantic. In fact, Columbus likely used a copy of it in planning his ...