Bajo El Sol, the gallery and art bar in Cruz Bay, is hosting a book launch on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 4 to 7 p.m. to introduce ...

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.

COLUMN: Piri Reis, an Ottoman admiral and cartographer, is renowned for his world map created in 1513, which includes ...

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, ...

1992 was a big year for Spain, as Barcelona hosted the Olympics, and Madrid was European Cultural Capital ... it celebrated the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ first voyage in 1492 and the beginning of ...

A 4,000-year-old stone slab, first discovered over a century ago in France, may be the oldest known map in Europe, according to a new study.

The map shared online moderately exaggerated the size of Texas; however it was more or less an accurate representation of the state's vastness. A photo shared to Facebook on Oct. 11, 2024, claimed ...

in December 1492, he encountered an indigenous population. Historical accounts read that the indigenous people willingly traded jewelry, livestock, and supplies with the European sailors.

Scientists believe the explorer, whose expedition across the Atlantic in 1492 changed the course of world history, was probably born in western Europe, possibly in the city of Valencia. They think he ...

Pound to Euro Week Ahead Forecast: Risks Losing 1.15, Looks to Recover 1.16 By PoundSterlingLIVE - Jul 24, 2023 PoundSterlingLIVE -GBP/EUR supported near 1.1492, 1.1469 & 1.1454 Meeting resistance ...

Only 37 percent of Europe’s surface waters are in good condition, warns the European Environment Agency. Climate change, habitat degradation, freshwater overuse and pollution are key threats.