North America

The Spanish explorer landed in the New World on April 3rd, 1513.

Hugh Latimer unearths the role of the rubber plant in the story of empire and Malayan nation-building.

Motives of commerce and trade, Eric Robson suggests, carried just as much weight in the founding of the 13 American colonies as the desire of Puritan emigrants for liberty of conscience and a life of independence.

Accused of cowardice at the Battle of Minden, and often-cast for the role of villain when he was Colonial Secretary, Lord George Germain, writes Eric Robson, nevertheless had many of the qualities of a successful statesman.

In June 1812 Britain and the United States went to war. The conflict was a relatively minor affair, but its consequences were great.

Richard Cavendish remembers Henry Hudson's attempted discovery of the Northwest Passage.

John Spiller surveys race relations in the United States during Reconstruction and constructs a balance sheet.

Richard Cavendish recalls the slave liberation movement in 19th-century Kansas.

The famed radio broadcast of HG Wells' War of the Worlds took place on October 30th, 1938.