‘Every map is political’: Can we trust them?
Right now, if you’re looking at Google Maps from Europe, the name of the body of water bound to the east by Florida, Cuba, ...
On This Day, March 2: Texas declares independence from Mexico
In 1836, Texas proclaimed independence from Mexico. In 1899, President William McKinley signed legislation establishing Mount ...
From South Asia to Mexico, from slave to spiritual icon, this woman’s life is a snapshot of Spain’s colonization – and the Pacific slave trade history that books ofte…
Catarina de San Juan’s life reads like an epic – and her extraordinary story is little known. Born in South Asia during the ...