Knowledge is power—and no knowledge was more assiduously coveted by European nations in the early 16th century than the information recorded on nautical maps. Coastlines, harbors, rivers ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting ... While this opened up economic and political opportunities for European powers, the colonization of the New ...

At the beginning of World War II, a trove of royal treasure from the 16th century was hidden beneath ... were two of the most powerful families in European history. They ushered in the Polish ...