An entire country was named in honor of the Genoese navigator, who was in the service of the Spanish Crown, although Christopher did not even visit Colombia. In addition, there is a state in the United States named after him. But why wasn’t he named after the continent that, as is commonly believed, discovered...

Two ships - replicas of the ships on which Christopher Columbus sailed - entered the mouth of the Hudson River in New York. Over the course of two months, everyone will be able to view the historical ships. Replicas of the Niña and Pinta docked in Newburgh on Thursday. Here they are...

The bronze statue of Christopher Columbus by Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli was installed on June 14 in the city of Arecibo on the northern coast of Puerto Rico - approximately the place where Columbus landed in 1492. The statue “Birth of the New World”, as previously reported, is a famous sculptor from…