Racial Identity in the New World: Spanish Conquest and Mestizaje
Spanish colonialism depended on a stratification of races to exploit its new territories. The Crown identified two racial categories: Spaniards and Indians, or the...
Definition & Location – What is Latin America?: Latin American Countries – History, Geography...
The geographical region known as Latin America is defined by more than just its location. The Princeton University “Wordnet” website defines Latin America as...
Famous People from Peru and Peruvian Currency: Peruvian Money – Peru Paper Money, Nuevo...
The Nuevo Sol was introduced as standard Peruvian currency in 1991. Peruvian banknotes are divided into bills of 10, 20, 50, 100 and 200...
Famous Female Pirates of the High Seas: Charlotte de Berry
Female sailors, and female soldiers, have been very common events, but we are certain that our readers have never heard of an instance of...
Cigars and Cigarettes: An Agricultural History of Tobacco
By the time European explorers arrived in the New World, the tobacco plant was already employed in various ritual, social and medical customs.
Of the...
Haiti Earthquake of 1770: Saint-Domingue and Port-au-Prince Destroyed
From the late 1400s through the late 1600s, the Spanish controlled the island of Hispanola, the site of modern-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic....
Smoking in Colonial Ecuador: History of Tobacco in Ecuador
During the 1492 voyage, Christopher Columbus and his men caught sight of natives smoking herbs and received a gift of dried, aromatic leaves from...
Nazca Lines & the World’s First Hot Air Balloon: A Theory of Ancient Flight...
In the 1970s, an American by the name of Jim Woodman set out to prove his new and radical Nazca Lines theory. While both...
The History of the Peruvian Paso Horse Breed: The Columbian Exchange, Conquistadors & the...
The Peruvian Paso horse is one of Peru’s national treasures, and a breed internationally known for its graceful gait, spirited nature, endurance and elegance....
The Olmecs
Mesoamerican cultures have a common origin; they all came into the American continent through the Bering Sea, approximately 40,000 years ago. These first migrants...