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How Spanish conquistadors, and a tiny cactus-dwelling insect, gave the world the color red
The links between red and esteem and power can be traced back to the Inca civilization that flourished in the Andean region of South America from around 1400 to 1533. Red carries profound ...
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A Conquistador’s Cannon Unearthed
In 1540, Spanish conquistador Francisco Vázquez de Coronado ... is from the mid-to-late 1400s, and it was practically obsolete when the expedition started. It is a rampart or wall gun, wherein ...