The image shows the layout of one of the twelve reverberatory furnaces for quicksilver metallurgy that were built in the Calle de Santa Ana of the Real de minas de Azogue de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in New Spain. These furnaces were made on the outside of brick and lime, to resist water, and on the inside of brick and clay, to preserve the fire. The picture explains how they worked.
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Representation of cochineal cultivation and production. The image shows a picture of a cultivated cactus, where the mealybug has swarmed well.
Anonymous Aztec standard-bearer figurine made ca. 1519 in volcanic stone, used during ceremonies. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
Spanish soldiers advancing across the Americas, despite notorious opposition from the belligerent Aztec people and the military alliances won by Cortés. Archivo de la Nación, Mexico.
Map of the New Land of Santa Cruz, at the southern tip of California, discovered by Hernán Cortés in 1535.
Fleece coin of 2 maravedíes of the Catholic Monarchs. Museum of Segovia.
Line graph comparing publishing production on Turkey and the Indies between the end of the 15th century and the first half of the 19th century
The table lists the black slaves in terms of their role in colonisation work in America (1520-1596)
A resource that reflects the economic nature of the port of Bilbao, which is a major importer of raw materials and products, with a high incidence of commercial companies working for others
Real-time strategy video game set between the 16th and 19th centuries
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