Claims about Columbus being Sephardic have bubbled up for decades. Early in the 20th century, some immigrant groups hoped ...
Traditional theories held that Columbus — who was sailing on behalf of Spain when he trekked across the Atlantic in 1492, sparking European interest in the Americas — was born in 1451 in Genoa ...
The young navigator convinced Spanish monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castile to support his journey of discovery, and in 1492 he and his crew set sail with three ships. He is best ...
A dispute with Mexico, which demands an apology from the king of Spain, controversy over the meaning of the national holiday ...
as many Jews and Muslims were forced to convert or flee Spain in 1492. The findings were unveiled in the television ...
This revelation was significant, as it coincides with the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, the same year Columbus reached America. The findings were the result of a 20-year genetic study ...
Around 300,000 practicing Jews lived in Spain, before they along with Muslims were ordered to either convert to Catholicism ...
Every October 12th, Spain marks the anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s arrival in the Americas in 1492 with what is known as Hispanic Day. But this year the date, which is a national holiday ...
Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, beginning a period of European contact with the region Famed explorer Christopher Columbus was likely Spanish and Jewish, according to a new ...