Osgood, Ph. D., Professor of History in Columbia University, has in press at the Macmillan Company a work on "The American Colonies in the Seventeenth Century." Volumes I. and II., the first ...

The demands for sweets eventually led to the establishment of sugar plantations by European colonizers in the 17th ...

Yellow fever appeared in the U.S. in the late 17th century. The deadly virus continued ... like many others in America, began with the arrival of a disease-carrying ship from the West Indies.

A deadly outbreak of a disease which first emerged in the 17th century has led a South American country to declare a national health emergency. People who have not been vaccinated against the ...

Apparently executed during a late 17th century restoration of Cupid and Psyche, the forgotten works were in pristine condition and had been hidden for nearly two centuries. “My first feeling was ...

Archaeologists recently uncovered a trove of artifacts from a 17th-century military camp in Germany. Some of the findings could help shed light on a mysterious gravesite at the camp. Photo from ...

A resurgence of yellow fever, a disease with origins in the 17th century, has prompted a South American nation to declare a national health emergency. Colombia has reported at least 34 fatalities ...