Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition?

But Spanish settlements would now endure hostile raids from Apache and Comanche warriors migrating south, under pressure from European settlers moving west in North America.

At its height, the Spanish Empire was one of the most powerful and far-reaching empires in history, spanning continents and oceans. So why did it collapse? In this video, we uncover the key ...

For a nation that traces its origins to the first westerly landfall by Columbus in 1492, America knows startlingly little about Spain, under whose flag the great explorer crossed the Atlantic ...

Spanish animation takes center stage at OIAF's The Animation Conference tomorrow with Abano Producións, Hampa Studio, Morgana Studios roundtable.

Pt.1 -- The empire beyond the storm, 1770-1776 -- Pt. 2: -- A summary of the series -- Pt. 3: Historiography -- Ireland and the American rebellion -- Mediterranean outposts -- India and the United ...

In the context of this discussion, it is tempting to assume that 'empire = bad thing', but although the building of empires often leads to the suffering of indigenous peoples (including, lest we ...

A dialect from the state’s earliest Spanish-speaking settlers has endured for over 400 years in the state’s remote mountain villages. But its time may be running out.

For a nation that traces its origins to the first westerly landfall by Columbus in 1492, America knows startlingly little about Spain, under whose flag the great explorer crossed the Atlantic ...