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4 days ago · The centuries-old codices still contain traces of color, largely from plants, charcoal, ocher and indigo. (Image credit: ©SC, INAH, BNAH) The codices were owned by a Mexico City family, who ...
3 days ago · The Spanish Empire, [b] sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy [c] or the Catholic Monarchy, [d] [5] [6] [7] was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. [8] [9] In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it was the first empire to usher the European Age of Discovery and achieve a global scale, [10] controlling vast ...
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5 days ago · The Land Ordinance of 1785 was enacted by Congress on May 20, 1785. It was the second of the three Northwest Ordinances, following the Ordinance of 1784 and preceding the Northwest Ordinance of 1787. The Land Ordinance of 1785 established a system of dividing land in the Western Territories.
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1 day ago · All lands discovered or to be discovered west of this line would belong to Spain, while Portugal would have exclusive rights to those east of the line. This division marked a turning point in the relationship between Portugal and Spain, as it set the stage for separate colonial ventures and the rise of their respective empires.
3 days ago · Sevilla la Nueva, established in 1509, was the first Spanish settlement on the island of Jamaica, which the Spaniards called Isla de Santiago. The capital was in an unhealthy location [16] and consequently moved around 1534 to the place they called "Villa de Santiago de la Vega", later named Spanish Town , in present-day Saint Catherine Parish .
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3 days ago · De Quiros believed he had discovered the great southern landmass and declared it 'shall be called the Southern Land of the Holy Ghost.' Australian historian, Manning Clark, described Quiros as: 'one of the flowers of the Catholic reformation, part of that movement of religious idealism and of missionary fervour which strengthened the church ...