Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: The New Laws of the Indies, 1542 The Laws and ordinances newly made by His Majesty for the government of the Indies and good treatment and preservation of the Indians created a set of pro-Indian laws - so pro-Indian that they some had to be revoked in Mexico and in Peru due to settler opposition. where the viceroy was killed when he ...

North American Exploration by Cabeza de Vaca the early 1500's; America's First Written History.

Our Lady Of Guadalupe Patroness of the Americas Espa ol - Francais - Portugu s Our Lady of Guadalupe Chronology of Events Relation of the Apparitions Why the name Guadalupe Blessed Juan Diego The mysterious eyes of the Virgin Coatlaxopeuh versus Molech The Basilica My Prayer to Our Lady Read posted prayers - Post your own Say thanks to Our Lady See the flowers - Place your own rose. Guadalupe ...

The Conquistadors is a four-part series airing on PBS in Spring 2001. The Conquistadors website explores the adventures of Hernan Cortes, Francisco Pizarro, Fracisco de Orellana and Cabeza de Vaca in the New World as Michael Wood retraces their journeys in modern-day South America and the southern United States. ...

Biographies of deranged and peculiar royals in history. Truth is definitely stranger than fiction! Mad King George, Caligula, Ivan the terrible, etc.

Index to the DeWitt Colony Region under New Spain ...

Francisco Vasquez de Coronado Spanish, born in Salamanca, ca. 1510, died in Mexico City, 1554. Coronado was governor of New Galicia (contemporary Sinaloa and Nayarit, Mexico). As such he had already sent out Fray Marcos de Niza on a voyage to the north, to New Mexico. When Marcos returned he told about a wealthy, golden city, called Cibola. Of course this raised Coronado's interest, and he ...

The Royal Household (87K) His Majesty the King Her Majesty the Queen H.R.H. The Crown Prince Felipe de Borbon H.R.H. The Infanta Elena H.R.H. The Infanta Cristina Official Announcement of the Wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar The Wedding of Infanta Elena and Jaime de Marichalar Casa de S.M. el Rey de Espa a Acknowledgments ...

The Spanish galleon Concepcion struck a reef in 1641, spilling a conquistador's ransom in silver. Join the crew in the fight to stay afloat and examine priceless finds from the wreck.

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Henry C Lea (1829-1909): The Inquisition in 17th-Century Peru: Cases of Portuguese Judaizers The most serious business of the tribunal, in the line of its proper functions, was with the apostasy of the Jewish New Christians. From the very foundation of the colonies . . . restrictions were laid on the emigration of Conversos and a law ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Pedro de Cieza de Leon: Chronicles of the Incas, 1540 Another view of the Incas, from a conquistador. It provides quite a lot of information about the Incan economy--a redistributive typical of all early civilizations. It is told for a fact of the rulers of this kingdom that in the days of their rule they had their representatives in ...

Mujeres Libres Mujeres Libres (Free Women) were a group of women anarchists who organised and fought both for women's liberation and an anarchist revolution during the Spanish Civil War. The work they did is truly inspirational. Their example shows how the struggle against women's oppression and against capitalism can be combined in one fight for freedom. As anarchists they rejected any ...

The history of Mexico - MEXICO'S COLONIAL ERA--PART I: The Settlement of New Spain . In Mexico Connect - The premium E-zine and Web Site devoted to Mexico, her people, history, culture, art and land.

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Biographic Sources On Spaniards In The New World, 16th-17th Centuries Petitions for Jobs And Money A huge amount of information on individual Spanish settlers in the New world is available. Much comes from petitions - Probanzas de Servicios y Writos -for jobs sent to the king and Council of the Indies. As well as such petitions hundred ...

Back to Modern History SourceBook Modern History Sourcebook: Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales: The Founding of St. Augustine, 1565 I. THE LORD having granted us favorable weather from the first, five days' sailing brought us in sight of the Lanzarote Islands and Fuerte Ventura. The following Wednesday, July 5, 1565, we reached the Canary Islands, which are two hundred and fifty leagues from ...

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Online Library of Selected Images: -- SPANISH NAVY SHIPS -- Cristobal Colon (Cruiser, 1887-1895) Cristobal Colon, a 1160-ton Infanta Isabel class cruiser, was built at Carraca, Spain, in 1887. She was ...

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Online Library listing DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 Online Library of Selected Images: -- SPANISH NAVY SHIPS -- Cristobal Colon (Armored Cruiser, 1896-1898) Cristobal Colon, a 6800-ton armored cruiser of the Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi class, was built ...