As Smithsonian reports, a new study published in the journal American Antiquity links America’s first domestic cats to a 16th ...

Evidently, the sailors were sharing their meager supplies with the cats. This strongly suggests the cats were not taken onboard for consumption or fur, despite such uses being common in parts of ...

The 16th-century Spanish Renaissance painter Luis de Morales had an eye for the dramatic. In one lamentation scene, Jesus slumps against his mother’s arm, his limp corpse gray and speckled with ...

The slave trade began with Portuguese (and some Spanish ... conquered in the 15th century. British sailors became involved in the trade in the 16th century and their involvement increased in ...

As Smithsonian reports, a new study published in the journal American Antiquity links America’s first domestic cats to a 16th-century shipwreck ... Florida. The Spanish vessel was one of ...