Everyone learns in school that Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. Columbus occupies an exalted position in our history, honored with statues, place names and countless books and movies.

Christopher Columbus famously sailed the ocean blue in 1492, so why isn't the New World named after him? The answer has to do with Columbus' reputation at the time Europeans named the newfound ...

Most of us were taught that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Yet it is far from clear cut. There are alternative theories about who got here first — some well-documented, others much ...

The second Monday in October, Columbus Day, is a holiday for people in some states but not in others. It is a federal holiday so government workers have the day off. It received federal holiday ...

Ohio’s largest city has never attracted much national attention, but that is beginning to change.

America was really discovered a people known as Pre-Clovis who crossed a land bridge between Asian and America 15,000 years ago ...

This Columbus Day, we recall the famed mariner who was responsible for launching not only three ships but also a million one-liners.

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In 1492 he may have sailed the ocean blue. But Christopher Columbus has duped people for centuries into believing he discovered America, a new book claims, reports the Telegraph. Instead the credit… ...