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 ...

The 16th century was the age of the European Reformation ... England was Protestant, France was Catholic. In their bitter power struggle over Scotland the issue of Scotland's faith became not ...

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 ...

From around 3500-2500 BC, there was a lively trade in amber from the Baltic coast in northern Europe to ... to harness wind power for electricity were invented in the 19th Century, developed ...

The conflict resulted in the Taira rising to power to form the first ... handguns reached Japan by the early 16th century, the later introduction of the European arquebus and its armor-piercing ...

The chessboard of Catherine’s nativity was, of course, Europe in the 16th century, before the map of ... Catherine sat at the ...

Shogun on Disney+ review: this bloody tale of power games in 16th century Japan is prestige drama writ large - 4/5 Lush ...

The show is situated in the museum’s enchanting terra-cotta arcade, which gives the displayed objects—red velvet pillows, ...

It's a design trend that has staying power, too. “The origins of herringbone and chevron parquet floors date back to the 16th ...

Antognolla castle, in Umbria, is being transformed into a Six Senses resort, offering guests and golfers a soothing ...

The Detroit Institute of Arts recently acquired a 16th century automation clock, which is the first timepiece made before the ...