which brought European imperialism to the shores of the “New World” and laid waste the ancient indigenous peoples there. Columbus deserves little credit (Leif Erikson had “discovered” the ...

1492 discovery of the 'New World' for Spain. That itself has been a touch-point of controversy over his treatment of ...

Columbus may not have discovered the Americas ... the colonization of the New World led to the exploitation of its indigenous peoples, often violently and eventually with disastrous results ...

Columbus has long been regarded as the “hero who discovered the New World.” But in recent years, the Italian explorer has also been viewed as a bumbler who grossly violated the rights of ...

who lived between the 13th and 15th centuries and died before Columbus arrived. They found that ancestral forms of syphilis were present in the New World before it was discovered by Europeans ...

This biography reveals the life of famed Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who set out to find a new route to Asia and discovered the New World instead Through rare art and artifacts period ...

But he was wrong! He'd found a part of the world new to Europeans. Columbus became famous as the man who discovered new lands called the Americas. The King of Spain was happy, but the discovery ...