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All About Columbus Day

Columbus, his journeys and legacy, and other explorers and explorations Biographies of Famous Explorers Roald Amundsen Vasco Núnez de Balboa Ibn Batuta Richard Burton John…

Columbus Day Timeline

The first commemoration of Columbus took place in 1792 by Borgna Brunner 1792 The first celebration commemorating Christopher Columbus's landing in the New World takes place in New York…

The Voyages

Pinpointing the explorer's whereabouts on October 12, 1492 Watch this video to discover Columbus's role in the "discovery" of the the New World and his…

Guadeloupe

(Encyclopedia) CE5 GuadeloupeGuadeloupegwädəl&oomacr;pˈ [key], overseas department and administrative region of France (2015 est. pop. 450,000), 687 sq mi (1,779 sq km), in the Leeward Islands…

U.S. History Timeline Quiz

Are you a history buff? Do you think you know everything there is to know about the defining moments of American history? From the landing of Christopher Columbus to the groundbreaking Civil Rights…

Isabella of Castile

Queen Isabella I, also known as Isabella the Catholic, is famous as the queen who financed Christopher Columbus's voyages to the New World. She was the queen of Castille after 1474 and of Aragon…