This assertion, made by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and Manuel Lucena Giraldo in “How the Spanish Empire Was Built: A 400-Year ...

Televisaunivision is going to have a new boss in the morning. In a move that surprised some and seemed only a matter of time ...

Exhibits and projects at sites throughout the state are helping illustrate Hispanic, Chicano and Latino heritage in Southern ...

The future of money, in other words, is attracting attention. What of its past? In a new paper, Adam Brzezinski of the London ...

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 ...

The first time someone from North America tries yerba mate in the traditional style, with a gourd or cattle horn stuffed with ...

This book is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core As Grand Chancellor to the Holy Roman Emperor, Mercurino di Gattinara (1465–1530) shaped the administration and aims of the Spanish ...

These were a convoy of sea routes organised by the Spanish empire hundreds of years ago. The Galleons would sail these routes that were known as the longest routes and also lasted longer than any ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

Peru submitted claims to US courts that stated that the origin of the precious cargo was Peru where the coins were mined and minted while it was part of the Spanish empire.

Chicago, Illinois, United States-Several hundred thousand attended the Mexican Independence Day Parade in the Little Village ...