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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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 ...
Battle Lines: Why the Aztecs lost the war with the Spanish
In another special episode looking back at history, Venetia Rainey talks with the author of ‘Fifth Sun: A New History of the ...
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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 ...
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The Great Inca Rebellion
Now, the long-accepted account of a swift Spanish conquest of the Inca—achieved with guns, steel, and horses—is being replaced by a more complete story based on surprising new evidence ...
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Messi expands Spanish business empire from Mallorca
Football legend owns various properties in the Balearics. In Mallorca, he opened the Seasun Fona (Adults Only) hotel in ...