Spanish Empire/Gallery

Notable individuals

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  Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, key figures in the establishment of the Spanish colonial empire
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  Christopher Columbus, discoverer of the Americas
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  Hernán Cortés, conqueror of the Aztecs
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  Francisco Pizarro, conqueror of the Incans

Military

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  Spanish soldiers in Havana
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  Spanish soldiers in Manila
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  Spanish soldiers escorting the Governor of Louisiana, Antonio de Ulloa

Artifacts

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  Spanish gold bars forged in the American colonies
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  A Spanish gold coin featuring the Jerusalem cross
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  A Spanish cross chain
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  A Spanish emerald gold pin
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  A Spanish doubloon, used as currency in the West Indies
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  A whistle used for communicating orders to Spanish sailors
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  A ruby tooth, found in the mines of the Spanish colonies
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  A raw sapphire dug out by a native slave in the mines of Nuevo Reino de Granada
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  A massive jade stone found in the Motagua River in Nueva España
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  A Magdalena emblem from one of the most beautiful and better equipped ships of the Spanish Armada, burned by Henry Morgan's fire ship during the battle of Maracaibo
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  A gold razor once belonging to a Spanish Conquistador
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  A Peruvian coin featuring the initials of Philip V of Spain