Hidden details in a historic map have helped shed light on one of the great mysteries in American history. The 16th-century map provides insights into the fate of the settlers who formed the so ...

A year after Columbus sailed the ocean blue, Hartmann Schedel created “The Nuremberg Chronicle,” an illustrated history ... first printed map of what’s now the United States was inspired ...

Over the coming centuries, millions of people from around the globe were attracted to this New World that came to be the US for a chance at a better life. Today, more than 1 in 8 Americans are ...