Esteban, York and James Beckwourth charted the American frontier between the 16th and 19th centuries York, the enslaved man who accompanied Lewis and Clark on their history-making expedition, appears ...

Davies has had a keen interest in cars from a very young age. It didn't matter what kind of car it was, as long as it had four wheels and made some cool noises, he was into it. His interest in cars ...

More than 530 years after Christopher Columbus led an expedition across the Atlantic Ocean to the New World, many Americans still see the navigator as a symbol of their country’s origins. Others see ...

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

J.R. Harris has hiked some of the world’s most remote wildernesses - unsupported and mostly alone - including Patagonia, the Australian outback, and most recently, Tanzania. "A few weeks ago, I ...

Edward Armston-Sheret receives funding from the Institute of Historical Research. He has received funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG), and ...

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 ...

BURLINGTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The ‘Moments in History’ of Burlington, Iowa, celebrate the community and what has brought it to what is there today. First called Flint Hills, by the indigenous Sac and Fox ...

Walking in the footsteps of history's intrepid women explorers, Elise Wortley hopes to shine new light on these adventurers and inspire a new generation. In 1911, French former opera singer and ...

Throughout history, explorers have pushed the boundaries of the known world, chasing maps into the blank spaces and daring to go where no one else had. Whether they were crossing oceans, scaling ...