and Jacques Cartier's voyage to the St. Lawrence. There are a number of illustrations reproduced from old prints and woodcuts, and a few useful sketch maps. So far as the plan of the series goes ...

Given that Columbus did not "discover" America until 1492 — as every Chinese ... a Menzies supporter and researcher in new world voyages, said Liu Gang's map would "revolutionise our thinking ...

But it wasn’t until six years later that he was finally granted the means to make his voyage. Isabella and Ferdinand’s change of tune followed a major wartime victory. In January 1492 ...

Alexander VI, who became pope in 1492, the year Christopher Columbus ... At the time of Columbus’ first voyage, the Catholic Church – and, by extension, the pope’s power – was declining.

For many of us, the legend of Christopher Columbus’ voyage across the Atlantic goes ... was invented more than 2000 years ago, long before 1492 when Columbus sailed the ocean blue.