Robert Siegel talks with British historian Hugh Thomas about his new book, The Golden Empire: Spain, Charles V, and the Creation of America. Sponsor Message MELISSA BLOCK, host: From NPR News, this is ...

The listing on Ebay España tells you all you need to know about the current Spanish election campaign: "I'm putting my vote up for bid … I will vote exactly as the top bidder asks." Humorous? Possibly ...

At the end of the 16th century, a solitary Spanish galleon plowed the Pacific between Asia and Acapulco, risking a perilous crossing to bring silver back from the Americas to Manila, where East Asian ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Rob Blount, executive director of Mission San Luis in Tallahassee, Florida, talked about the Spanish Empire's presence in western Florida and their ...

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After the Spanish conquest of the Aztecs, Mexico’s European overlords used its silver and its agricultural wealth to nourish ...

TIMES have changed since the summer of 1940, when gangs of Fascists roamed the streets of Madrid shouting their claims to Gibraltar, and the Franco government put up official posters laying claim not ...

Good morning. Lucara Diamond has operated the Karowe mine for seven years. During that time, Ed Caesar writes, it “has discovered an astonishing number of big stones, including three of the ten ...

The Piece of Eight, a silver coin from the Spanish Empire, emerged as the world's first truly international currency, dominating global trade across continents. Minted from American silver, its purity ...

For years, the image of Colombia as an incubator for violence and drugs kept a New York City pianist, Hector Martignon, and his wife, Amparo Barron, a college professor, from buying the home they ...