How Spanish king became last hope for missing World War One soldiers' relatives
A vast archive of letters sent by relatives of soldiers missing in World War One seeking the help of Spain's King Alfonso ...
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Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
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This dying Spanish town is turning to books to put it on the literary map
Only 60 villagers remain in the Spanish town of Libros. The town's name translates to the word “books” in English, and now, ...
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«La Guerra Olvidada» : When the Moroccan Liberation Army nearly liberated the Sahara
In a little-known 1957 conflict, Moroccos Liberation Army staged a bold offensive against Spanish colonial rule in Ifni and ...
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Anna's Thinking Cap: Iowa’s 99, the Mississippi River counties | Column
The future state of Iowa was a part of this vast French colonial territory, with the French explorer Jacques Marquette reaching Iowa in 1673 and proving the first European maps of the Upper ...
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Researchers link John White's 400-year-old map to early Britain's first American colony
An ancient map dating back 400 years, titled La Virginea Pars and exhibited ... Experts hypothesized that these individuals might have been a small colonial family seeking the help of a nearby Native ...
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Donald Trump seems to confuse Spain with South Africa: ‘You’ll figure it out’
On his first day, the president said Spain is a member of the Brics bloc of developing economies, causing some head-scratching and jitters over possible tariffs in Madrid. Spain is not in Brics.
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Map Of Spain
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Statue of Spanish conquistador Pizarro returned to Lima city centre, bucking anti-colonial trend
The decision to refurbish and return Francisco Pizarro on his horse was met with a backlash from indigenous people who have campaigned for relics of colonial Spain to be removed. Statues have been ...
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Spain could impose a 100% tax on foreign home-buyers as tourism drives up housing costs
Spain is planning a raft of measures to address its brewing housing crisis, including an up to 100 per cent tax on properties that non-European Union residents buy. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro ...
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This New Orleans fort dates to the 1770s, but the structure beneath it is much, much older
In New Orleans, we often wrap ourselves in the pride of the old: Old traditions, old recipes, old songs, old stories our mammas told us and old buildings. We love old buildings. But how old is old ...
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The four countries in South America where they don't speak Spanish
most of Spain's South American colonies removed themselves from European control and functioned as sovereign states. Following the defeat of Napoleon, Spain despatched an army to Venezuela and New ...