Both maps reveal the great challenge the New World presented to mapmakers ... Photograph by AKG/Album The journeys of 15th- and 16th-century European explorers are depicted on Cantino’s map ...

An astonishing discovery reveals a 16th-century document containing instructions for space flight, centuries before humanity ventured into space. The Sibiu Manuscript, dating back to 1555 ...

The rumored location of these cities appear in various spots on colonial-era maps ... along the banks of the world’s largest ...

An engaging account by Roger Crowley of the early trade wars between Spain and Portugal serves as a reminder of how money, greed and exploitation continues to shape the world ...

Researchers at Lancaster University have examined the skeletal remains of the 16th-century English warship Mary Rose.

A new AI machine learning technique helped historians analyze 76,000 pages from astronomy textbooks spanning nearly two centuries.

Dealing with crime within a local community had been simple in the medieval era, as crime was less common than it became in the 16th century. Communities had been so small, by modern comparisons ...

No proper police force existed before the 16th century. It was the responsibility of the victim and local community to find the criminal themselves. It was expected that communities would be ...

Château d'If is a 16th-century fortress, commissioned by King Francois I, set atop the smallest island in the Frioul archipelago less than a mile from Marseille. It was later used as a prison ...

Ari reminded us just how good of a character she can play with a hilarious 16th-century transformation. Just short of 48 hours ago, Ariana took to TV screens around the world and hosted season 50 ...

Natch. However, over the weekend, Ari reminded us just how good of a character she can play with a hilarious 16th-century transformation. Just short of 48 hours ago, Ariana took to US TV screens ...