The ancient manuscript rested on the shelves of the Newberry Library for more than a century. Little was known about the ...

Ana Angola was captured in the kingdom of Ndongo and spent months on a ship before a journey over land where she was forced ...

Archaeologists have uncovered further evidence of a pre-colonial “ garden city ” in Bolivia where ancient Amazon people lived ...

Released Jan. 5, the record pays homage to the island’s rich rhythms like plena and salsa, and delves into it’s seldom taught history.

The pre-Hispanic culture on the island of Hispaniola is featured at the exhibits now shown at the Casa del Cordon, a very well-preserved house of the earliest Spanish settlement of Santo Domingo. The ...

The fully revised textbook Latin America in Colonial Times presents that story in an engaging ... The authors give equal attention to the Spanish and Portuguese conquerors and settlers, to the African ...

A violent act on New Year’s Day allegedly committed by a tourist highlights rising tensions between the island and the ...

Those manuscripts are now held at Indiana University. Newberry Consort will ... for musical fads to cross the Atlantic. The music of colonial Spain tended to be old-fashioned compared to what ...

Like most Florida residents these days, manatees may not be native to the Sunshine State. A recent study shows the sea cows' ...

Many people from the Andes have settled in New York. They face tremendous difficulties, but their online posts glamorize ...

The Texas Supreme Court is weighing three landmark cases concerning conflicts between the state and religious freedom, and ...

A newly published study reshapes our understanding of native sea cows and highlights how inaccurate historical data is often ...