The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a growth in the inland exploration of Latin America. Introduction The...
Latin America
Explore the history of Latin America from its Indigenous civilizations through European conquest and the formation of modern nations. These studies examine struggles over power alongside the cultural traditions that have shaped the region.
From as early as the pre-Columbian era, there existed networks of exchange among the early civilizations of...
The Spanish Crown sent forces to colonize the land, convert the indigenous populations, and extract resources from...
Now, intrepid scholars are saving those parish baptismal records from war, neglect, and rot. By Paula Wasley...
Visual registers of Latin America acquired new characteristics at the dawning of the 19th century. Introduction Alongside...
By Christopher Woolf In 2016, Barack Obama became the first sitting US president to visit Cuba since...
Attention to detail has led some scholars and historians to read the image for its value as...
Latin America historically has been plagued by political violence. Latin America historically has been plagued by political...
The elite few benefited at the cost of the many until his overthrow and exile. Introduction José...
Colonization of the area that became the Captaincy General began in 1524. Curated/Reviewed by Matthew A. McIntoshPublic...
Mayan architecture, Tikal, Guatemala Maya civilization developed in a territory the size of Germany and Denmark together....
The shrinking of human heads was originally only practised by the Shuar people to trap the souls...
Pinochet in the car, 1982 celebrating the 8th anniversary of the coup. His dictatorship in Chile was...
Sunrise over Machu Picchu / Photo by Allen Schmidt, Wikimedia Commons Forgotten for centuries by the outside...
A Muisca (Chibcha) seated gold figure on a stool (tunjo). Colombia, 10th-16th century CE. (Metropolitan Museum of...
Members of a caravan of Central Americans walk from Mexico to the U.S. side of the border...
Young people in La Paz dressed as zebras protect pedestrians, dispense advice and keep people smiling on...
Installation view of Making Art Concrete: Works from Argentina and Brazil in the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros at...
The routes of the four Voyages of Christopher Columbus, 1492-1504 to the Caribbean Islands and the coast...
Drawing of Alexander von Humboldt’s concept of Naturgemälde: “a microcosm in one page.” Published in Alexander von Humboldt...
Valongo Wharf, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 13, 2013 The archeological remains of a wharf in Rio...
Andean folktales—such as those recounting deals made with merpeople in watery underworlds—are not as innocuous as one...
This khipu, which was made before the Spanish conquest of the Incas, was probably used for accounting, as...
Brazil’s jailhouse preachers may not explicitly condone violence against people of other faiths, but they’ve remained largely...
Map labeled “America with those known parts in that unknowne worlde both people and manner of buildings,”...
The Virgin Mary may not be able to pull Brazil out of a deep recession, but her...
12.29.2016 Coming up with effective hand protection in dangerous environments like construction sites has been an elusive...