Vikings were renowned Norse warriors and seafarers, explorers and conquerors who conducted raids, traded goods, and explored ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - The history of African Americans in southern Arizona begins as far back as the 1500s. This Black History Month, we are going back in time to learn about the first non-Native ...

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. As he sailed ...

Translation of: Cavelier de La Salle, ou, L'homme qui offrit l'Amérique à Louis XIV. Seventeenth-century North America was a dangerous, untamed land, a vast wilderness where settlers, fur traders, and ...

His name is synonymous with adventure, exploration and endurance. Ernest Shackleton was one of the most renowned Antarctic explorers of all time, leading pioneering expeditions to the furthermost ...

James rewrites stories of the greatest explorers in his inimitable, entertaining way, beginning with Columbus, and discovering how he merely 'stumbled across' two continents and took the spoils. James ...