the 500th anniversary of Spain’s conquest of the gold-filled Aztec realm is coming soon: on April 21, 1519, Hernán Cortés made his fateful landing in Mexico. The Spanish had been in the New ...

Long before the Spanish conquistadors made their way to New Mexico, the region was home to numerous tribes of Pueblo people. Today, the cultures of these Indigenous peoples are preserved at the ...

In 1539, Friar Marcos de Niza, a Franciscan priest, reported to Spanish colonial officials in Mexico City that he’d seen the legendary city of Cibola in what is now New Mexico. It was an ...

In 1541, Spanish explorers established a settlement ... but they did explore present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Kansas. In 1542, the group returned to Mexico. Many aspects of the Coronado ...

In 1519 Spanish explorer and Conquistador Hernan Cortez landed on the shore of eastern Mexico with 11 ships and ... threat environment' in advance of New Year's Eve celebration US Delivering ...

In 1540, Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de ... along the first 1,500 miles of the expedition from Sinaloa, Mexico to Zuni, New Mexico. Archaeologist Deni Seymour has been studying the ...

Long before Trump expressed interest in a name change, conquerors have battled to claim the wealth of its rich waters.

One hundred years after Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean, Spanish Conquistadors and Priests ... Resistance to this injustice appears in New Mexico as Las Gorras Blancas (The White Caps ...