Malinche is an extremely divisive figure in Latin history. She gave birth to Hernán Cortés's son. Metaphorically, this is the first Latino, a child with both indigenous and European ancestry.

From financing expeditions in the New World to founding hospitals and schools, these women were incredibly influential—and ...

Archaeologists hope the latest discovery will lead to the unearthing of more marine artefacts that can illustrate the history of the Spanish invasion. A further 15 potential sites containing ...

The lost gold treasures of Montezuma. Engraving of Hernan Cortes fighting Montezuma by Jan Karel Donatus Van Beecq (1638-1722 ...

The Rest Is History’ dives into the past with raucous good cheer and has captured a growing audience of young listeners.

The first edition of his True History of the Conquest of New Spain (as it was entitled in a later English translation) was published in Madrid in 1632 from a manuscript copy sent to Spain shortly ...

Learn more about some of the history’s most famous explorers and what they are remembered for today. Time Period: Late 13 th ...

The author is a Distinguished Professor of History at Rutgers University ... defenceless child — that the Mexica believed that Hernan Cortes and his gang of diseased thugs were the incarnation ...

Early Prescott settlers named streets after Spanish explorers – Captain Hernando Alacrón and General Francisco Coronado, who ...

Experts warn a global pandemic will halt humanity as we know it in the next 20 to 30 years. Past epidemics may offer some insight into what the future holds. Here’s a look back at some of them.

We know about this through the writings of Diego Duran, a Dominican friar who was extremely sympathetic to the Aztecs, learning their language and transmitting their culture and their history.