by Andrew Rowen | Nov 3, 2021 | New York City
At 5 a.m. on November 3, 1493, 528 years ago today, a lookout on Columbus’s flagship, the María Galante, sighted a volcano topping the sea mist in the moonlight. By dawn, islands of the archipelago now known as the Lesser Antilles came into view, and Columbus directed...
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 11, 2021 | New York City
For this Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I post a link to my article published yesterday on the History News Network explaining why I believe it’s important to retell the traditional “Columbus story” from both Taíno and European perspectives. HNN Article
by Andrew Rowen | Oct 5, 2021 | New York City
Columbus’s second fleet stopped over at Gran Canaria on October 2, 1493, where sugar was stocked and a leaking ship repaired, and then anchored in the tiny harbor at San Sebastián on Gomera on October 5, the latter shown in two photos below. Prior to his first voyage,...
by Andrew Rowen | Sep 25, 2021 | New York City
For readers of Columbus and Caonabó (coming this November 9!), I now begin posting photos, historic sketches, or other images relating to key events depicted in the book. On September 25, 1493, 528 years ago today, Columbus’s second fleet of seventeen ships departed...
by Andrew Rowen | Sep 18, 2021 | New York City
Women rulers were uncommon in both Taíno chiefdoms and European kingdoms during the fifteenth century. Nevertheless, the events related in Columbus and Caonabó: 1493–1498 Retold were significantly shaped by two women renowned in history—Spain’s Queen Isabella and the...
