Zunzunegui, the Mexican historian against the Black Legend: "Spain was not an unfortunate country that had enslaved colonies: we were an empire"
The academic defends the legacy of the Spanish empire on both sides of the Atlantic and is very critical of the false myths ...
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1868-1878: Ten Years' War in Cuba
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 ...
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Global Servants of the Spanish King
From 1580 to 1700, low-ranking Spanish imperial officials ceaselessly moved across the Spanish empire, and in the process forged a single coherent political unit out of multiple heterogeneous ...
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Mercurino di Gattinara and the Creation of the Spanish Empire
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 ...
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In 1577, an English Explorer Set Out to Circumnavigate the World. Here’s What His Groundbreaking Journey Accomplished
Francis Drake's successful voyage included British sailors' arrival in California and the plundering of a glut of Spanish ...
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Historical Information
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 ...
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January 1899: Senate Debate over Ratification of the Treaty of Paris
Senator Hoar maintained, "This Treaty will make us a vulgar, commonplace empire, controlling subject ... been growing since the beginning of the Spanish-American War. In addition to Anti ...