Before there was Jamestown and even before there was Roanoke, there was Spain's Fort San Juan, in the Appalachian foothills of North Carolina. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of the fort ...
After Constantinople, first settled by Greeks as Byzantium, fell to the Ottomans, many Greeks joined the Spanish army as ...
The Curse of Oak Island team has found fresh evidence that points to either Spanish conquistadors or Portuguese sailors having visited the island and depositing a quantity of gold treasure. Things on ...
Five-hundred years ago, two men met and changed much of the world forever. About 500 Spanish conquistadors — ragged from skirmishes, a massacre of an Indigenous village and a hike between massive ...
THE RIGHT OF EVERY CITIZEN TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES WITHOUT FEAR. THE REASONING FOR SUCH EMOTIONAL RESPONSES FROM RESIDENTS IS BECAUSE OF THE MAN THE STATUE REPRESENTS. JUAN DEL NORTE WAS A CONQUISTADOR ...
This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. The city of Merida on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula is reviewing a petition ...
"Building Fort San Juan de Joara at the Berry Site (1566-1568)." About 450 years ago, Spanish soldiers on an expedition from Florida took over the native Catawba town of Joara, about 60 miles east of ...
Protests after the death of George Floyd have led Americans to question statues, monuments and other landmarks with ties to a racist past. Alongside symbols of the Confederacy, protesters have also ...
"Hispano" is an identity unique to New Mexico and southern Colorado. It defines people who consider themselves to be descendants of the Spanish conquistadors that arrived in the 1500s. Hispanos have ...