A replica of the Trinidad carrack, the ship captained by Ferdinand Magellan during the first circumnavigation of the globe in ...

Much of what is known of Aztec society comes from a book written by Bernardino de Sahagún, a Spanish friar living near what is now Mexico City. During the second part of the 16th century ...

At the end of the 16th century, Spain and Portugal dominated the South American continent and parts of the Caribbean. They had also gotten a foothold in Central America and the southern portions ...

Christopher Columbus was a 15th and 16th century explorer credited for connecting ... Born in Genoa, Italy, in 1451, Columbus made his way to Spain, where he gained support from the Spanish ...