Latin American Colonization
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By: Henry Ramsager
Moctezuma and the Aztecs of Tenochtitlan were expecting a god. Instead, they got Hernán Cortés and his merciless conquistadors, who brought them ruin. more...
By: Henry Ramsager
Columbus spent his last days poor and embittered. And recent evidence has revealed that Columbus did not die from gout as was always thought but from heart failure. more...
By: Henry Ramsager
Balboa was just about to embark on a new expedition to Peru, when he was arrested and charged with treason, after which he was inconvenienced by the removal of his head. more...
Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific
By: Henry Ramsager
Vasco Núñez de Balboa had the privilege of being the first European to view the Pacific Ocean from the east after crossing the Isthmus of Panama. more...
Amerigo Vespucci, Early Explorer
By: Henry Ramsager
Amerigo Vespucci was one of the early explorers to reach the New World. He was a contemporary of Columbus and is likewise well remembered--but mainly for his name. more...
Columbus Before His 1492 Voyage
By: Henry Ramsager
The years leading up to Columbus' 1492 voyage were busy ones for the young, enterprising Genoan. more...
Christopher Columbus' Early Years
By: Henry Ramsager
Christopher Columbus was born into a wool-weaving family and, like many young men growing up in the port city of Genoa, Italy, went to sea at an early age. more...
By: Henry Ramsager
With a little persuasion, Portugal's most famous explorer was able to convince Spain's King Charles that he was the right explorer to get the spice-route-finding job done more...
Conditions on Early Ocean Voyages
By: Henry Ramsager
Life for the common seaman aboard the Columbus voyages of discovery was fraught with peril and hardship, both real and imagined. more...
By: Henry Ramsager
The arrival of Columbus in the New World ushered in an unprecedented era of wanton destruction, slaughter and abuse in the name of Christian enlightenment. more...
Columbus in the Garden of Eden
By: Henry Ramsager
While on his third voyage, Columbus thought he'd reached the Garden of Eden; instead, he was soon to find himself in irons being shipped back in disgrace to Spain. more...
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