Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Columbus also sighted the chain of the Virgin Islands, which he named Islas de Santa...

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Second voyage Columbus left the port of Cadiz on 24 September 1493, with...

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 Columbus called the island (in what is now The Bahamas) San Salvador; the natives called...

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 In 1473, Columbus began his apprenticeship as business agent for the important Centurione, Di Negro...

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 There is evidence that the first voyage also brought syphilis back from the New World....

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 In space Asteroid 327 Columbia is named in his honour. Legacy...

Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus : biography c. 1451 - 20 May 1506 In literature In 1889, American author Mark Twain based the time traveler's trick...

William Kidd

William Kidd : biography - 23 May 1701 Mythology and legend The belief that Kidd had left a buried treasure contributed considerably to the...

William Kidd

William Kidd : biography - 23 May 1701 Captain William Kidd (c. 1645 – 23 May 1701) was a Scottish sailor who...

William Kidd

William Kidd : biography - 23 May 1701 Music Captain Kidd's legend is also the subject of a traditional English song, "Captain Kidd",...