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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. President Donald Trump’s first presidential ...

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 ...

There’s no doubt that Columbus’ voyages had an “undeniable historical impact, sparking the great age of Atlantic exploration, trade and eventually colonization by Europeans,” according to ...

The outcry even reached the Tournament of Roses parade, which, in 1992, the 500th anniversary of Columbus’ voyage, invited a Native American congressman to join a descendant of Columbus’ as ...

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 ...

A replica of the flagship of Christopher Columbus’s fleet during his 1492 voyage across the Atlantic has dropped anchor at St ...