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We thought that was a gap we needed to fill. Franco was all about the Spanish Empire and the goodness that it did throughout the world… It was hard for Spaniards to distance themselves from this ...
The gold coins and ingots reflect the Spanish Empire’s vast trade network, while the ship itself is a testament to the dangers faced by sailors navigating treacherous waters laden with immense ...
Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...
It eventually led to a new wave of expansion that added to the already enormous Spanish Empire. Governor Of A New Territory Francisco Vazquez de Coronado was born in Salamanca, Spain in 1510 and ...
Recently, the term “Guam Experience” has appeared in the media. Certainly, a change is needed to what visitors to Guam ...
But this was not to last. The always present clash of cultures, epidemics and growing rivalries with the nearby Pueblo of San Jose were only made worse by Mexico’s secession from the Spanish Empire in ...
devoted to the Spanish Empire in the Americas and Asia. The papers, including letters, royal edicts and court documents, shed new light on several groups of enslaved Africans in and around what is ...
He dubbed the land Hispaniola, or Little Spain, and it became the first outpost of the Spanish empire and a gateway to the rest of the Caribbean. The island, which had come to be known as Santo ...