This lib guide explores the impact of the Spanish Empire (1492-1968) and its presence in South America.
The guiding question is:
Is the romanticisation of empire a myth?
Some other questions you might consider are"
How did the empire come about?
How did people become voiceless within an empire?
The Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by 
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Click view doco. presented by John Green on the Spanish Empire. Running time 10:05
The Spanish Empire, Silver, and Runaway Inflation - ClickView
Short video of the Spanish conquest of the Aztec empire from the ABC.
Contact and conquest - ABC Education
Podcast on The Rise of the Spanish in the New World. Time: 2.04 minutes.
The Rise of the Spanish Empire in the New World / Historical Association (history.org.uk)
Click on the map above to go to a Brittanica article on the Spanish conquest of South America.
An overview of Latin American Fiction from Brittanica.
Latin American literature -- Britannica School (eb.com.au)
A Ducksters page on the Aztec, Maya and Inca empires.
A letter to King Phillipe of Spain, 1561 from a rebel Spaniard.
History - Primary Source - Letter to King Philip II of Spain (infobase.com)
Excerpt from an eyewitness account on first sighting Mexico.
History - Primary Source - The True History of the Conquest of Mexico (excerpt) (infobase.com)
Click on the link below to go to a Map of South America showing different dates of the Spanish conquest of countries in South America.
History - Image - Viceroyalty of Peru (infobase.com)
An article from Infobase on the Viceroy of Peru and the Spanish rule in South America.
History - Article - Viceroyalty of New Spain (infobase.com)
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Brittanica online provides research materials including articles, images and videos.
