In 1486, Columbus went to the Spanish monarchy of Queen Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand II of Aragon. Their focus was on a war with the Muslims, and their nautical experts were skeptical, so they, ...

On Aug. 3, 1492, Columbus, flying under the Spanish flag, set out from Palos de la Frontera , Spain with three ships on what arguably may be the most famous sea crossing ever.

"In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," is a popular rhyme that helps us remember the story of Christopher Columbus. Because we recently celebrated Columbus Day, here's the rest of his story.

On Aug. 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three ships, the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, on the expedition that resulted in his landing in America.In 1610 ...

The 15th-century explorer Christopher Columbus was a Sephardic Jew from Western Europe, Spanish scientists said on Saturday, after using DNA analysis to tackle a centuries-old mystery.

SEVILLE, Spain — Conventional history states Christopher Columbus was from Genoa, Italy, but he may have been, in fact, a Sephardic Jew from the eastern Iberian Peninsula, according to a new ...

Columbus died in what is now Spain in 1506, but he supposedly wanted to be buried on the island of Hispaniola, which is made up of present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic. His remains were ...

The expulsion of Jews from Spain took place in 1492, the same year as Columbus' famed first voyage. The tomb of Christopher Columbus in Seville Cathedral on June 25, 2016. (Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images) ...