The story of North American exploration spans an entire millennium and involves a wide array of European powers and uniquely American characters. It began with the Vikings’ brief stint in Newfoundland ...

Christopher Columbus and other early European explorers were best known for the “new” lands they discovered and the people they transported. But there’s another side to the story, and it has to do ...

Discover how European nations raced to the New World during the Age of Exploration, and explore how their quests for wealth, power, and new trade routes forever changed North America. From Hernando de ...

During a 2021 Columbus Day address to the National Congress of American Indians, Vice President Kamala Harris discussed the "shameful" history of the European explorers who came to America: It is an ...