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2 days ago · In the history of the Americas, the pre-Columbian era, also known as the pre-contact era, spans from the original peopling of the Americas in the Upper Paleolithic to European colonization, which began with Christopher Columbus 's voyage of 1492. Usually, the era covers the history of Indigenous cultures until significant influence by Europeans.
5 days ago · Modern study suggests such was not the case. Perhaps most famously, a party of Icelandic Norse explorers led by Leif Erikson probably beat Columbus to the punch by roughly 500 years. But this does not necessarily imply that Erikson was the first adventurer to discover America. Scholars have long speculated that individuals from Asia, Africa ...
2 days ago · Violence and conflict with colonists were also important causes of the decline of certain Indigenous American populations since the 16th century. Population figures for the Indigenous peoples of the Americas prior to European colonization have been difficult to establish.
4 days ago · 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.
1 day ago · The territory represented by the continental United States had, of course, been discovered, perhaps several times, before the voyages of Christopher Columbus. When Columbus arrived, he found the New World inhabited by peoples who in all likelihood had originally come from the continent of Asia.
5 days ago · Nuestra Señora del Pilar is not only the patron of Spain, but also of all Hispanic peoples since it was on October 12, 1492, the feast of the Our Lady of the Pillar, that Christopher Colombus arrived into American land, and when the first Mass in the Americas was celebrated.
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3 days ago · On Nov. 3, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of St. Martin de Porres, a Peruvian Dominican brother who lived a life of humble service and charity and became the first black saint of the Americas. Here are 7 fascinating facts about this inspiring saint.
