Links
Writing Resources:
- University of Minnesota Center for Writing: http://writing.umn.edu/
- Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students by Patrick Real: http://academic.bowdoin.edu/WritingGuides/
- Common Errors in English by Paul Brians, Washington State University: www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
- The Elements of Style by William Strunk: http://www.bartleby.com/141/
- Revising: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/revision.html
Ancient Mexico
- Mexican artwork that later influenced images for the Days of the Dead: http://www.hawaii.edu/artgallery/posada.html
- The Aztecs: http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/CIVAMRCA/AZTECS.HTM
The Incas
- The Inca Empire: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/worlds/
- Chronicle of Guaman Poma de Ayala (Peru): http://www.kb.dk/permalink/2006/poma/info/en/frontpage.htm
Spanish Texts:
- The Requerimiento (1512)
- New Laws (1542): http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1542newlawsindies.html
- Writings of Juan Gines de Sepulveda:
- Excerpt from Bartolome de las Casas: http://www.columbia.edu/acis/ets/CCREAD/lascasas.htm
- Selections from letter of Hernan Cortes: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1520cortes.html
- Letter of Lope de Aguirre: http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1561aguirre.html
Colonial Religion:
- Virgin of Guadalupe: http://www.sancta.org/
- A few examples from the Cantigas de Santa Maria: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/mtdavis/222/Cantiagas.html
- Sor Juan Ines de la Cruz: http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sorjuana/
Slavery:
*Images of Slavery in the Americas (University of Virginia): http://hitchcock.itc.virginia.edu/Slavery/index.html
*Interactive database on the slave trade: http://slavevoyages.org/tast/index.faces
Casta Paintings:
*Descriptions of various castas illustrated by paintings: http://hemi.ps.tsoa.nyu.edu/archive/studentwork/colony/olson/Casta1.htm
Columbus Memorials:
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