2025年1月26日 · History of Latin America, the history of the region (South America, Mexico, Central America, and the Romance language-speaking Caribbean islands) from the pre-Columbian period, including Spanish and Portuguese colonization, the 19th-century wars of independence, and developments to the end of the 20th century.

The colonial era in Latin America began in the 15th–16th centuries when explorers such as Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci made voyages of discovery to the New World. The conquistadores who followed, including Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, brought Spanish rule to much of the region.

Several ancient cultures were found in South America prior to colonization. These indigenous groups settled in a variety of environments, some in the coastal plains and others in the Amazon basin. One group, the Inca, primarily settled in the altiplano of Peru beginning in the 13th century.

2019年4月10日 · In 1980, geographers Ernest Griffin and Larry Ford developed a generalized model to describe the structure of cities in Latin America after concluding that the organization of many cities in that region grew following certain patterns.

Latin American countries are the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) and Easter Island (Chile). Although Spain controlled the Philippines and considered it part of its New World holdings, only recently has Latin America looked across the Pacific.

2021年5月9日 · Each and every period of its history is crucial in some way to understanding the present-day character of the land. Even so, the Colonial Period (1492-1810) stands out as being the era that did the most to shape what Latin America is today. There are six things you need to know about the Colonial Era.

2024年11月20日 · Colonial Latin American Review (CLAR) is a unique interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of the colonial period in Latin America. CLAR offers a critical forum where scholars can exchange ideas, build on legacies of inquiry and chart new directions of research.

2008年6月27日 · Latin America's physical geography is divided into three regions: Mexico and Central America, the Caribbean, and South America. Mexico and Central America feature mountain ranges like the Sierra Madre and a central plateau in Mexico. Central America is an isthmus connecting North and South America crossed by the important Panama Canal.

2010年12月9日 · The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History brings together seventeen articles that survey the recent historiography of the colonial era, independence movements, and postcolonial periods. The articles span Mexico, Spanish South America, and Brazil.

2024年9月30日 · Discover European colonization maps, Latin America history, and colonial empires' impact, with over 20 detailed maps showcasing conquests, territorial expansions, and imperial rivalries in the Americas.