The academic defends the legacy of the Spanish empire on both sides of the Atlantic and is very critical of the false myths that still persist. "Spain is our fatherland and America, the motherland ...

Since its discovery by Christopher Columbus in 1493, Cuba was considered the "Pearl" of the Spanish Empire--not only for its beauty, but also its sugar plantations. However, by the middle of the ...

The British Empire stretched over 13 million square miles across several continents—23 percent of the world's land—at its height in 1922, whence comes the phrase: "The sun never sets on the ...

So this Empire was at its peak in the fifteenth and the early sixteenth century. You know, when the Spanish people arrived they were at their peak, but at the same time there was a problem between ...

But this was not to last. The always present clash of cultures, epidemics and growing rivalries with the nearby Pueblo of San Jose were only made worse by Mexico’s secession from the Spanish Empire in ...

Nevertheless, its association with food for the elite prevailed until the Inca Empire was conquered by the Spanish in 1532. The coca harvest was collected in the fields by the mitimaes ...

Senator Hoar maintained, "This Treaty will make us a vulgar, commonplace empire, controlling subject ... been growing since the beginning of the Spanish-American War. In addition to Anti ...