Article: Coronado and the cities of gold: in 1540, a Spanish conquistador set out from Mexico City in search of gold. What Francisco Coronado fund was a fascinating new land--the Southwest of the future United States.(American History Play)

Article: Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of ...
The Americas;  July 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Apogee of Empire: Spain and New Spain in the Age of Charles III, 1759-1789 ... Bourbon reforms," as it related to New Spain. Their examination provides a political ... commercial interests in both Spain and New Spain, they expose the reactive nature of ...

Article: Who was who in New Spain?(Mexico)
Calliope;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The Spaniards who ruled New Spain governed a large country, inhabited ... for 10 percent of the population of New Spain. They held government posts, but ... were by far the largest group in New Spain. Before the Spaniards arrived ...

Article: The jewel in the Spanish crown.(New Spain)
Calliope;  May 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... powerful nation in Europe. Nueva Espana ("New Spain"), as the Spaniards named the new ... much of Portugal. Like most colonies, New Spain enriched the mother country--Spain ... money when trading in Europe and Asia. New Spain also exported other goods, including ...

Article: New Spain, Viceroyalty of
Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History;      695 words ...NEW SPAIN, VICEROYALTY OF New Spain refers to Spanish possessions in the New World during the colonial period. At its height New Spain included what are today the southwestern United States, all ...

Article: Miscegenation and racism: Afro-Mexicans in Colonial New ...
Journal of Pan African Studies;  March 15, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... first enslaved Africans came to Mexico or New Spain as it was called during the colonial ... 1521, did the Black enslaved come to New Spain. He brought the Black enslaved with ... to the region. Though most Blacks in New Spain came as enslaved persons, a few came ...

Article: City, Temple, Stage: Eschatological Architecture and Liturgical ...
The Americas;  July 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Architecture and Liturgical Theatrics in New Spain. By Jaime Lara. Notre Dame, IN: University ... historical sources for Christian projects in New Spain forms the core, and real strength of ... how Jerusalem took form, in Europe and New Spain, as metaphor, holy site and ideal temple ...

Article: ADVISORY/Alexandria, Louisiana to Host ``New Spain ...
Business Wire;  August 26, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Louisiana will host the first ever New Spain Fiesta a Spanish culture and heritage ... States, Javier Ruperez will attend all New Spain Fiesta events. To participate in the ... Louisiana The Nation of Spain WHAT: "New Spain Fiesta"--the inaugural Labor Day ...