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Spanish Conquistador Armor – Cavalry & Infantry: Conquistador Weapons – Defensive Weaponry, Armor, Helmets & Shields

By: Feature Writer Tony Dunnell

The Conquest of Peru: Why the Spanish Conquistadores Succeeded

By: Sandra Gross

Columbus' Landing on St. Croix in 1493: The Immersion of European Colonialism

By: Adam C'DeBaca

The History of Smallpox in Latin America: Outbreak & Epidemic – New World and Disease after European Contact

By: Feature Writer Tony Dunnell

The Origins of African Slavery in Brazil: African Slaves and the Brazilian Slave Trade in the 16th Century

By: Feature Writer Tony Dunnell

Colonial History of Welsh Patagonia, Argentina: Voyage of the Ship Mimosa & Welsh Colony in Puerto Madryn, Argentina

By: Feature Writer Tony Dunnell

The Encomienda System in New Spain: The Need for Indian Labour

By: Deanna Proach

Potosi and New World Silver: How Precious Metal Changed European Commerce and Finance

By: Feature Writer Michael Streich

The Sons of Malinche and the Spanish Conquest: The Dilemmas of the Mexican Soul, History, and Tradition

By: Arash Farzaneh

Hernán Cortés As Quetzalcoatl: A Case of Mistaken Identity Leads to the Fall of the Aztec Empire

By: Henry Ramsager

Columbus As an Old Man: Poverty, Illness and Disgrace in the Last Years of Columbus' Life

By: Henry Ramsager

The Beheading of Balboa: Conquistador Vasco Núñez de Balboa Is Found Guilty of Treason

By: Henry Ramsager

Balboa, Discoverer of the Pacific: Spanish Conquistador and Explorer

By: Henry Ramsager

Amerigo Vespucci, Early Explorer: Who Was Either a Great Man of His Time or a Fraud

By: Henry Ramsager

Christopher Columbus' Early Years: Columbus Comes of Seafaring Age and Goes to Sea for the First Time

By: Henry Ramsager

Columbus Before His 1492 Voyage: The Well-Spent Years Leading up to the Discovery of the New World

By: Henry Ramsager

Ferdinand Magellan: The Life and Times of the First Explorer to Circumnavigate the Earth

By: Henry Ramsager

Conditions on Early Ocean Voyages: Sea Monsters, Bad Food, Scurvy, Rats and Floggings

By: Henry Ramsager

Genocide in the New World: The Dark Side of Columbus' Legacy

By: Henry Ramsager

Columbus in the Garden of Eden: The Highs and Lows of Columbus' Third Voyage to the Americas

By: Henry Ramsager

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