La Malinche: Mexican Slave Who Consorted with Cortés
Malinali was also known as La Malinche. Her life has been analyzed and disputed over. Depending on the history, she is either a hero...
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...
What Happened to Eva Peron’s Body?
Many people have seen the movie Evita which chronicles Eva Peron’s rise to power in Argentina. However, the movie ends just as things really...
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.
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A History of the Potosi Mines in Bolivia: Discovery, Wealth, Slavery and Death in...
Present day Potosi, said to be the highest city in the world, is not a wealthy city by any means. A handful of museums...
Interesting Machu Picchu Facts
The history of Machu Picchu has fascinated and mystified both archeologists and historians since Hiram Bingham brought the site back into the global consciousness...
The Aztecs: The Beginning, the raise and the fall of the Aztec Civilization
When did the Aztecs originated, how they became to be one of the most powerful civilizations of Mesoamerica and why they were conquered by...
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...
Mary Read: Fearless Female Pirate
Dressed as a man, Mary Read lived the life of a man's man as a woman. She was a skilled swordsman, sailed with Jack...
Politics and Religion in the Aztec empire: How the Aztecs Kept Control over their...
At its height the Aztec empire stretched across most of Mexico, but the rulers managed to keep control through politics, religion and an unusual...