Blanche of Castile: Did you mean...?

This map reflects Christopher Columbus’s (c. 1451-1506) geographical assumptions prior to his first Atlantic voyage in 1492, undertaken during the reign of the Catholic Monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon (reign 1479-1516) and Isabella I of Castile...

12th-century textile fragment from the Shrine of San Librada, Sigüenza Cathedral, Spain. The tapestry was likely taken from Almeria after King Alfonso VII of Castile captured the city. It features patterns that were popular among the taifas...

Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 CE and died in 1506 at the age of 54. He became famous during his lifetime as the man who discovered the ‘new world’ - understood as the Americas generally during the Age of Exploration. Since the 19th...