The Curse of Oak Island team has found fresh evidence that points to either Spanish conquistadors or Portuguese sailors having visited the island and depositing a quantity of gold treasure. Things on ...
Between the 15th and 17th centuries a group of Spanish and Portuguese explorers and soldiers became fixated on the idea that somehow the world was their oyster. Resource-poor Iberian states were drawn ...
Most of us think of the Age of Discovery as a westward movement: Columbus seeking a new route to the Indies by crossing the Atlantic and — quite by accident — discovering the Americas. That discovery ...