After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing he has reached East Asia. Did Christopher Columbus realize he wasn’t in India? Vespucci helped to outfit Columbus’s third voyage.But the breakthrough came on Vespucci’s second trip, when he realized he wasn’t looking at India at […]

Childhood & Early Life: Christopher Columbus was born in a middle-class family in Genoa which is now a part of Italy. His father, Domenico Colombo was a wool weaver and his mother was Susanna Fontanarossa.In 1473, he took a job as an apprentice and was a business agent for some families in Genoa. Was Christopher […]

Columbus Day is a U.S. holiday that commemorates the landing of Christopher Columbus in the Americas in 1492, and Columbus Day 2021 occurs on Monday, October 11. It was unofficially celebrated in a number of cities and states as early as the 18th century, but did not become a federal holiday until 1937. Is Columbus […]

Columbus has been credited for opening up the Americas to European colonization – as well as blamed for the destruction of the native peoples of the islands he explored. Ultimately, he failed to find that what he set out for: a new route to Asia and the riches it promised. Why Was Christopher Columbus a […]

Five hundred years before Columbus, a daring band of Vikings led by Leif Eriksson set foot in North America and established a settlement. And long before that, some scholars say, the Americas seem to have been visited by seafaring travelers from China, and possibly by visitors from Africa and even Ice Age Europe. Who discovered […]

On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador. Did Christopher Columbus ever land in Jamaica? On May 5, 1494 Christopher Columbus, the European explorer, who sailed west […]

I gave them many beautiful and pleasing things, which I had brought with me, for no return whatever, in order to win their affection, and that they might become Christians and inclined to love our King and Queen and Princes and all the people of Spain; and that they might be eager to search for […]

Isabella and Ferdinand are known for completing the Reconquista, for issuing the Alhambra Decree which ordered the mass expulsion of Jews and Muslims from Spain, for establishing the Spanish Inquisition, for supporting and financing Christopher Columbus’s 1492 voyage that led to the discovery of the New World by What did Queen Isabella give to Columbus? […]

While Columbus brought back many riches from the New world, there was something that he and his men acquired on their trip that would change the face of Europe for a century …..and become a common cause of hearing loss. What riches Did Columbus bring back? Columbus promised his benefactors, King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella […]

When the due date for reporting or paying payroll taxes is on any of the below legal holidays, the due date is extended to the next business day. Holidays. Holiday Columbus Day Date Observed in 2021 October 11 Next Business Day in 2021 October 12 (Tuesday) EDD Offices Open Yes Can you certify for unemployment […]

Though Columbus Day is one of the 10 US legal federal holidays, it is not considered a major one.List of US states and the observance of Columbus Day. State Observes Columbus Day? Comments Connecticut Yes Celebrated as Italian Heritage Day in New Haven. What states do not celebrate Columbus Day? To date, 13 states do […]

Columbus wanted to find a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands.Columbus knew that the world was round and realised that by sailing west – instead of east around the coast of Africa, as other explorers at the time were doing – he would still reach his destination. Where did Columbus believe […]

Schools usually stay open on Columbus Day, which this year falls on October 11. But depending on the state, city or school district, some schools may be closed. For example, public schools in Massachusetts, Washington, D.C. and New York City are closed on the holiday. Does everyone have Columbus Day off? Do most Americans have […]

Is Columbus Day a Federal Holiday? Yes, Columbus Day is a federal holiday. This means many government offices, as well banks and some private businesses, are closed on the day. If a federal holiday falls on a weekend, the government may observe it on a different day. Why do we not celebrate Columbus Day anymore? […]

Columbus died in 1506, still believing that he had found a new route to the East Indies. Today his historic legacy as a daring explorer who ‘discovered’ the New World has been challenged. His voyages launched centuries of European exploration and colonisation of the American continents. Did Columbus believe that he had successfully sailed to […]