Blackbeard
Blackbeard : biography c. 1680 - November 22, 1718 Bostock's deposition describes Teach as a "tall spare man with a very black beard which he...
Blackbeard
Blackbeard : biography c. 1680 - November 22, 1718 It was during this cruise with Hornigold that the earliest known report of Teach was made,...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón; Portuguese: Cristóvão Colombo; born before...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Columbus and his brothers lingered in jail for six weeks before busy King Ferdinand ordered...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 The most iconic image of Columbus is a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, which has...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Based on these testimonies and with Bobadilla denying him the chance to offer a defense,...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 However, to keep Columbus from taking his ideas elsewhere, and perhaps to keep their options...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Columbus therefore estimated the distance from the Canary Islands to Japan to be about 3,000...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Quest for Asia Background Under the Mongol Empire's hegemony over...
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 In poor health, Columbus returned to Hispaniola on 19 August, only to find that many...