I had a fun 30 minutes conversing with ChatGPT, an AI program that has been sweeping the nation. I was not very happy with it's...

With the Nuevo Laws of 1542 in full swing, and the encomiendas being abolished, the Spanish needed to find other forms of labor. So they...

In 1519, Captain was given a commission to map out the Gulf Coast. He may have also received a secret commission to take on Cortez and...

Pope Julius II (The Warrior Pope) - Commissioner of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling to Michelangelo One of the missions of exploring the...

Though this story is not about pirates, it is about those who were accused of heinous crimes; some may have deserved it, some, not so...

Piracy came mostly from hatred - caused by the government - against their enemy countries, and the lack of opportunity in their own...

Sir Admiral Francis Drake (1541 – 1596) – Drake was like no other pirate on the open seas. He was an English explorer, sea Captain,...

– Not much is known of the start of piracy, but it is known that some well-known pirates began as early as the Victual Brothers, or...

Early Years: You know by now that the Americas were named after Amerigo Vespucci, and the Hudson River and many other northern locations...

Sadly, there are few women to report about. Most of the time, the only women that would sail were either pirates, or disguised as men....