Was Columbus’ Voyage to the “New World” Driven by Islamophobia? Popular views of the explorer see him as intrepid adventurer or bungling murderer. But he was also a religious crusader.

Scott Simon talks with Martin Dugard, author of The Last Voyage of Columbus. Dugard delves into the rarely portrayed final journey of the famous explorer. Columbus's problems began, ironically ...

Never mind the disease and slavery wrought by Christopher Columbus’ voyage – or the fact that he didn’t actually “discover” the New World.

Columbus Day was first celebrated in New York in 1792, the 300th anniversary of Columbus’s voyage. A century later, Congress designated Columbus Day a national holiday to be celebrated each Oct ...

Samuel Eliot Morison was a professor at Harvard University, an admiral, historian of American naval adventures in World War II and a yachtsman who traced in his own vessel the voyage of Columbus ...

The ship was part of the 1939 Harvard Columbus Expedition, a five-month voyage across the Atlantic. On board were a hodgepodge of academics, sailors, Harvard affiliates, and their wives.

In 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on one of the most consequential expeditions in history. He and his crew spent more than a month at sea and eventually landed upon the New World. But the ...