Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Christopher Columbus, whose real name was Cristoforo Colombo, was born in 1451 in the Republic of Genoa, part of what is now Italy ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting the Old World (Europe, Africa, and Asia) ...

Columbus Day churns up a stormy sea of controversy every year: Was Christopher Columbus a gifted navigator or reckless ...

Christopher Columbus was Spanish. He was also English, French, Portuguese, Croatian, Greek, and even Swiss. Over the centuries, researchers and writers have traced his birth to more than a dozen lands ...

“Christopher Columbus is still alive.” So writes Matthew Restall in his biography of the weaver’s son from Genoa who became one of the most famous people of all history and, we might say, the greatest ...

DNA testing has confirmed that the remains in a Spanish cathedral belong to the explorer, but his exact origins are still unknown. Reading time 3 minutes A team of researchers that has spent years ...

Can’t wait to check out 'Christopher Columbus Explorer of the New World' on your favorite screen? Here’s where you can watch it, including platforms and services with rental, purchase, and ...

Christopher Columbus wasn’t actually Italian? Paesan-NO. Italian Americans and Columbus Day parade goers Monday saucily waved off the claim that new DNA evidence shows the controversial explorer was a ...