For renowned historian Jorge Traslosheros, the so-called “black legend” of the Spanish conquest of lands in the Americas ...

The ancient Maya city was named "Valeriana" after a nearby freshwater lagoon and built before 150 AD, researchers said.

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 ...

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and granted more power than their counterparts back home.

For those following along on a map at home, 10 miles northwest of ... His employer, the Spanish Empire, also never controlled Ohio; it was British land at the time of the American Revolution.

When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the ...

By Timothy J. Killeen Most of the Pan Amazonian population consists of immigrants or their descendants. They arrived over ...

The attack on Spanish port of Cartagena during the War of Jenkin's Ear was a total catastrophe for Britain. The death of the ...

But commemorating the event is all the more charged in these countries, home to the Spanish Empire’s most lucrative territorial assets and sweeping spiritual conquests, writes Elena Jackson Albarrán, ...

Emma Fajgenbaum on Clinton Fernandes, Subimperial Power. Australia’s role as adjutant to British and then American power; ...

It's difficult to know where to start. First things first: Pick up a booklet and a map as signage at the site is minimal. Then, start your journey at the House of the Terrace Caretaker and Funeral ...

Britons are creatures of habit when it comes to travel, and the top 10 countries for trips abroad – according to the annual ...