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.

In addition, Columbus maintained until his dying day that the new land he had discovered was ... Hispaniola and the coasts of Central and South America. But Columbus adamantly repeated that ...

It received federal holiday status in 1934 to celebrate the day that Christopher Columbus discovered America. Historians set that date on October 12, 1492. Over the last several decades ...

It asserts that a Muslim-Chinese eunuch-mariner from the Ming Dynasty discovered America — 71 years before Columbus. Zheng He was a real historical figure, who commanded a huge armada of wooden ...

Some argue Columbus is not the appropriate person to celebrate, partly because he was not the first European to arrive in America. So, who was? For some, it might be a straightforward answer ...

Visitors will have the opportunity to explore the decks and learn about the life of the adventurers who sailed the original ...

Although many of us were erroneously taught that “Columbus discovered America,” he never set foot on soil within our national borders and famously didn’t comprehend that he had encountered ...