A list of some dates in the history of geographical discovery and a few notes have been added. The present volume contains the first three voyages of Columbus, Sir Humphrey Gilbert's voyage of ...

scholars have uncovered evidence that sailors from the hometown of Christopher Columbus might have been aware of the existence of North America over a century before his famous voyage in 1492.

Christopher Columbus ... America. The exact location of Vinland is debated among scholars, but it is generally agreed it was somewhere along the northern Atlantic coast. Columbus may not have ...

A recent study has provided significant evidence about the origin of syphilis, a sexually transmitted disease.

One of the most famous explorers was Christopher Columbus ... discovery caused misery for the people where he travelled. One thing we can say for certain is that finding the continent of America ...