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Tucumán Province
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Tucumán is the most densely populated, and the second-smallest by land area, of the provinces of Argentina.
The Tucumán Government Palace
The Tucumán Government Palace
Ruins of the Quilmes civilization, a Diaguita culture in the area
Ruins of the Quilmes civilization, a Diaguita culture in the area
The Tucumán House, where Argentine independence was signed in 1816.
The Tucumán House, where Argentine independence was signed in 1816.
Downtown Tucumán in the 1920s
Downtown Tucumán in the 1920s
Spanish colonization of the Americas
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The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile. These overseas territories of the Spanish Empire were under the jurisdiction of Crown of Castile until the last territory was lost in 1898. Spaniards saw the dense populations of indigenous peoples as an important economic resource and the territory claimed as potentially producing great wealth for individual Spaniards and the crown. Religion played an important role in the Spanish conquest and incorporation of indigenous peoples, bringing them into the Catholic Church peacefully or by force. The crown created civil and religious structures to administer the vast territory. Spanish men and women settled in greatest numbers where there were dense indigenous populations and the existence of valuable resources for extraction.
"The Discovery of America" (Johann Moritz Rugendas)
"The Discovery of America" (Johann Moritz Rugendas)
A 16th-century illustration by Flemish Protestant Theodor de Bry for Las Casas' A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies depicting Taínos figh
A 16th-century illustration by Flemish Protestant Theodor de Bry for Las Casas' A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies depicting Taínos fighting back against Spaniards, showing cannibalism and forcing a Spaniard to swallow molten gold.
Theodor de Bry illustration depicting Spanish atrocities during the conquest of Hispaniola. Las Casas wrote about the cruelty of Spanish settlers: "Th
Theodor de Bry illustration depicting Spanish atrocities during the conquest of Hispaniola. Las Casas wrote about the cruelty of Spanish settlers: "They erected certain Gibbets, large, but low made, so that their feet almost reached the ground, every one of which was so ordered as to bear Thirteen Persons in Honour and Reverence (as they said blasphemously) of our Redeemer and his Twelve Apostles, under which they made a Fire to burn them to Ashes whilst hanging on them"
Bust of Hatuey, who rebelled against the Spanish
Bust of Hatuey, who rebelled against the Spanish