New Jersey 1803: The United States buys the 830,000 square-mile Louisiana Territory from France for only $15 million, doubling the size of the United States. 1819: Spain sells Florida to the ...

Three years had passed since the governor had set out from the first English settlement in the New World ... by Lost Colony legends and owns a modern copy of White’s watercolor map.

A crowd hurled mud and insults at King Felipe VI and other officials on Sunday during a visit to the flood-ravaged town of Paiporta in Valencia.

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

Torrevieja Council is taking proactive steps to manage the local cat population. Through its Animal Protection Department, the council has been actively sterilizing stray cats, with nearly 400 ...

The British lost the American colonies during this time, the French faced a revolution at home, and the Spanish found themselves unable to hold onto their New World holdings in South America.

Every October 12th, Spain marks the anniversary ... covers all former Spanish colonies. [ Mexican snub of Spanish king reopens colonisation disputeOpens in new window ] In an unprecedented move ...

Dare County gets in on spooky season with its new interactive map that features more than 30 tales, legends and " mysterious occurrences" connected to the Outer Banks.

How a crucial map of Texas was lost The Spanish controlled Louisiana from 1763 to 1803. It had been ceded by France to Spain in 1762 as part of a deal among the Bourbon monarchs of both countries. At ...

President Joe Biden has managed this national divide by marking both Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day in separate White House proclamations. But rather than divide up for rival civic holidays, ...