“No longer was the Gulf a Spanish sea,” Sledge wrote. “It was an American sea.” That dominance continued when the United States discovered the treasures beneath the gulf’s water ...
Centuries after his death, Christopher Columbus remains a subject of intrigue and debate worldwide. His historic 1492 voyages across the Atlantic are widely recognized, but his legacy is fraught with ...
During the Age of Discovery, a large scale colonization of the Americas, involving a number of European countries, took place primarily between the late 15th century and the early 19th century. The ...