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Also Known As William Hickling Prescott
Born May 4, 1796 • Salem • Massachusetts
Died January 28, 1859 (aged 62) • Boston • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study Mexico • Peru • Spain • Western colonialism

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Hernán Cortés
Hernán Cortés
Spanish conquistador
Pedro de Alvarado
Pedro de Alvarado
Spanish conquistador
Painting depicting Spanish conquistador Diego Velazquez de Cuellar handing command to Hernan Cortes near ships, with crew and indigenous laborers in the background.
Diego Velázquez de Cuéllar
Spanish conquistador
Marina and Hernán Cortés
Marina
Mexican Native American princess
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar
Venezuelan soldier and statesman
Francisco Pizarro
Francisco Pizarro
Spanish explorer
José de San Martín
José de San Martín
Argentine revolutionary
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Joaquín Acosta
Colombian scientist
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Diego de Almagro
Spanish conquistador
Sepia-toned portrait of Adolph Bandelier, Swiss-American anthropologist, standing in a suit with hands behind his back, dated 1892.
Adolph Bandelier
American anthropologist
Oil portrait of Hugo de Groot, also known as Hugo Grotius, by the workshop of Michiel Janszoon van Mierevelt, showing him with a ruffled white collar and dark clothing.
Hugo Grotius
Dutch statesman and scholar
Charles III
Charles III
king of Spain
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Fernand Braudel
French historian and educator
Juan Ponce de León
Juan Ponce de León
Spanish explorer
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Francisco Vázquez de Coronado
Spanish explorer
Pánfilo de Narváez
Pánfilo de Narváez
Spanish conquistador and colonial official
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Salvador de Madariaga y Rojo
Spanish writer and diplomat
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José de Acosta
Spanish theologian
Mariana, detail of an engraving
Juan de Mariana
Spanish historian
Oñate, Juan de
Juan de Oñate
Spanish conquistador

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