Hernando de Soto’s Quest to Conquer North America
Hernando de Soto grew up hearing stories of the famous Spanish explorers and dreamed of being one himself. After an initial stint in the West […]
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El caballo salvaje
Uno de los símbolos más conocidos del lejano Oeste, es el cimarrón o «mustango». Este caballo salvaje corre libre con su manada por las inmensas […]
Jesuit Missions in Paraguay
The Jesuits, an order of Roman Catholic priests, were given permission by the king of Spain to build reducciones (missions) in South America to protect, […]
A Step Back in Time: Colonia’s Historic Quarter
Many visitors agree: if you want to escape the hustle and bustle of Buenos Aires, Argentina, take the Buquebús ferry directly across the Río de […]
Historic Cartagena, Colombia
Cartagena was founded in 1533. It was built as a Spanish base for the conquest of the South American continent. Throughout its early history, Cartagena […]
Tolima Gold
The world’s most famous gold museum is in Bogotá, Colombia. The museum has an impressive collection of the gold works of Colombia’s pre-colonial civilizations. Among […]
Venenzuela’s Hydropower
With vast petroleum deposits and an abundance of natural gas, Venezuela possesses great electric power potential, so it may not come as a surprise that […]
Using the Land
In the United States in the twenty-first century, we have come to expect frequent change in nearly every aspect of our lives. Fashion and technology […]
Ruins of the Past
Modern civilization can learn a lot from the ancient peoples of Peru. They knew how to construct incredible cities, how to irrigate their land and […]
Bolivian Bonanza
More than a hundred years ago, when Simón Iturri Patiño was a young man, he went to work for a general store in Bolivia. His […]