The discovery of Mycobacterium lepromatosis suggests leprosy was present in the Americas long before Europeans, altering the ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

European explorers have caused the extinction of many plant and animal species around the world and this is mainly through hunting or the introduction of invasive species. when the Europeans starting ...

Notes: In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485 to 1528), who led his expeditions in service of King Francis I of France.

If the word explorer makes you think, fondly or angrily, about a group of 15th- and 16th-century European seafarers––Vasco da Gama, Juan Ponce de León, Ferdinand Magellan––you’re ...

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris said European explorers "ushered in a wave of devastation for tribal nations — perpetrating violence, stealing land and spreading disease." ...

He shows that explorers—a term he applies loosely—have come from all sorts of places and have gone in every direction. He asks that we refresh our mental picture of what “discovery” means.