Precious maps stolen from Spain's National Library, ... Christopher Columbus is believed to have sailed with Ptolomy's maps when he discovered America in 1492.

Spain in the age of exploration, 1492-1819 / edited by Chiyo Ishikawa Smithsonian Libraries and Archives. Object Details Author Ishikawa, Chiyo Seattle Art Museum ... 240 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), ...

In 1492, and during the years that followed, tens of thousands of Jews fled Spain (estimates range from 40,000 to over 150,000). Describing the Jewish exiles of 1492, one eyewitness wrote: ...

This religious and military conquest was not just a battle for territory,it was a battle for faith, identity, and cultural dominance. Dive into the complexities of the Reconquista, exploring how ...

Spain's lower house of parliament approved Thursday a law that eases the path to citizenship for descendants of Jews who were forced to flee the country five centuries ago during the Inquisition ...

Spain has announced new measures to speed up the naturalization of Jews of Sephardic descent whose ancestors fled the Iberian peninsula five centuries ago when they were told to convert to ...

Spain already grants citizenship to proven Sephardic Jews, the descendants of the Jewish people who were expelled in 1492 in a period of Roman Catholic zeal under the reign of Isabella and Ferdinand.