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| Writing and Record-Keeping in the Ancient Americas: the Quipus of the Andes | |
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| Photograph of a quipu | |
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| Josÿ de Acosta on indigenous scripts | |
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| 1583 decree of the Church Council of Lima, declaring the quipus to be the work of the devil | |
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| Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's illustration of a quipu | |
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| Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca)'s account of the use of quipus | |
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| A modern analysis: quipus as binary codes: Gary Upton | |
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| Moral debates and the Conquest of the Americas | |
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| Antonio de Montesinos sermon on the first Sunday of Lent, Santo Domingo | |
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| Bartolomÿ de las Casas on the Conquest of Cuba | |
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| The Requerimiento | |
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| Response to the Requerimiento in Panamà | |
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| Juan Ginÿs de Sepùlveda | |
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| Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca) on the New Laws in Peru | |
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| Antonio de Vieira on abuses in Maranhao, Brazil | |
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| Fact-Finding for the King: the Relaciones Geogrà ficas and the Spanish Empire in the Sixteenth Century | |
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| The questionnaire | |
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| Relaciòn of Jauja, Peru | |
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| Relaciòn of the City of Huamanga, Peru | |
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| Relaciòn of Meztitlan, Mexico | |
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| The Misquiahuala, Mexico, Map, 1579 | |
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| Pirates and Contraband: Life on the Coasts | |
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| Map of Central America and the Caribbean | |
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| John Hawkins at Rio de la Hacha, Colombia | |
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| Illustration: Francis Drake being knighted by Queen Elizabeth I, 1581 | |
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| Map of the Caribbean | |
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| John Esquemeling's account of the pirate nicknamed "El Brasiliano" | |
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| William Dampier's account of the disruption of Spanish commerce at Panamà , 1685 | |
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| William Dampier on the Miskito Indians, 1681 | |
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| John Campbell's 18th century account of smuggling in the Spanish empire | |
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| Slavery in Brazil | |
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| Antanio Vieira's sermon on the treatment of slaves, 1633 | |
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| Domingos de Loreto Cuoto's description of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary, Recife, 1757 | |
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| Illustration: slaves mining for diamonds, 18th century | |
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| Slaves mining for diamonds, Minas Gerais, early 19th century | |
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| A Slave Rebellion in Bahia, 1789 | |
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| Maria Graham's observations in the early 1820s | |
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| Native Communities in the Spanish Empire | |
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| Selections from the Tlaxcala cabildo proceedings, 16th century | |
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| Illustration: Signatures of Tlaxcala cabildo members | |
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| Native lords of Ecuador write King Philip II, 1580-1599 | |
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| Thomas Gage's description of an Indian town in 17th-century Guatemala | |
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| Guaranü letter to the governor of Buenos Aires following the expulsion of the Jesuits | |
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| Maroon Communities | |
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| Thomas Gage on maroons in Guatemala | |
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| A description of the role played by cimarrones in Francis Drake's attack on the Isthmus of Panama | |
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| War and Peace at Palmares, Brazil | |
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| Quilombos inciting revolts in Minas Gerais, Brazil, 1719 | |
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| Illustration: Plan of Nuestra Seuora de Guadalupe de los Negros de Amapa, Mexico, 1769-1770 | |
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| Life in Colonial Convents | |
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| Description of the convents of Quito, 1650 | |
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| Thomas Gage on a Guatemalan nun | |
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| Madre Marüa de San Josÿ, on her decision to become a nun, and on the supervision of novices in Mexico, early 18th century | |
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| Sor Juana Inÿs de la Cruz, Reply to Sor Filotea | |
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| Property of the convent of Santa Clara, Cuzco | |
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| Illustration: photo of Santa Catalina Convent, Arequipa | |
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| Life on the Northern Frontier of New Spain: New Mexico in the 18th Century | |
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| Bishop Pedro Tamaròn y Romeral's visit to Taos, 1760 | |
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| Illustration: photo of Taos pueblo | |
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| Letter of Governor Manuel Portillo Urrisola, on hostilities with Comanches, 1762 | |
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| Nicolàs de la Fora's description of Apaches, 1766 | |
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| Fray Juan Agustün Morfi's report on disorders in New Mexico, 1778 | |
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| Natural Disasters, Religion and the Political Order | |
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| The Quito Earthquake of 1582 | |
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| Chimalpahin on the 1611 earthquake in Mexico City | |
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| "The Fear of God": Bartolomÿ Arzà ns de Ursùa y Vela | |
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| El Aurora de Chile, 1813 | |
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| The Enlightenment Comes to Latin America | |
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| Alexander von Humboldt on the progress of the Enlightenment in Latin America | |
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| Josÿ Antonio Alzate on the cotton gin | |
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| Illustration of Alzate's cotton gin | |
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| Contents, Gaceta de Literatura, Mexico City | |
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| Formation of the Sociedad Patriòtica in Quito, from the Mercurio Peruano | |
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| Cafes in Lima, from the Mercurio Peruano | |
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| Mexican Independence | |
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| Letter of Chito Villagrà n to Dr. Diego Antonio Rodrüguez, June 8, 1812 | |
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| Appeal to Mexicans to break ties with the royalists, El Despertador Americano, 1811 | |
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| Excerpt, Lucàs Alamà n, the Alhòndiga | |
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| Agustün de Iturbide, Plan de Iguala | |