Potosí (Silver Mines of Colonial Peru)

The extensive silver mines of the mountain of Potosí (in the highlands of contemporary Bolivia, at an......

Popul Vuh

In 1908, Lewis Spence, one of the foremost scholars of myth and religion of his day, said of the Popul......

Francisco Pizarro

Ranking with Hernán Cortés as one of the most ruthless and effective of all the Spanish conquistadores,......

Conquest of Peru

Conquest of Peru Following on the heels of the Spanish conquest of the Caribbean, conquest of Mexico,......

Viceroyalty of Peru

The largest and second most important political jurisdiction in Spain’s American empire after the......

Pernambuco (Recife, Brazil)

Pernambuco Pernambuco is a state in the northeastern part of Brazil and is the closest South American......

Juan de Oñate - Spanish Explorer

Juan de Oñate - Spanish Explorer On April 20, 1598, Spanish captain-general Don Juan de Oñate approached......