MESO & LATIN AMERICA

Updated June 21, 2011

MAPS - TIMELINES - IMAGES FOR MESO AND LATIN AMERICA
TIMELINE: Civilizations in America 
   Central America | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - South America | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
  Colonial Latin America Chronology
  MAPS: The Americas 
  MAP: Central America and Caribbean 
  MAP: South America 
  MAP: Modern Latin America 
  HISTORICAL MAPS: The Americas 
  The Luso-Hispanic World in Maps (Library of Congress) 
  MAPS: Antique South America  
  MAP: Aztec, Inca, and Mayan Empires Before Conquest 
  MAP: The Inca Empire 
  MAP: Mesoamerica and the Maya 
  MAP: Major Mayan Cities 
  MAP: Latin America c.1800 
  MAP: Latin America on the Eve of Independence, c. 1800 
  MAP: Virtual Galápagos 
   IMAGES: Sites in Mesoamerica 
  IMAGES: Mesoamerican Photo Archives 
  IMAGES: Indigenous Mexico  
  European Voyages of Exploration - Home Page - Great Maps here!

MESOAMERICA
Did you know? The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.
COMPREHENSIVE - GENERAL SITES
GB Online's Mesoamerica
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Mesoamerica 
NM's Creative Impulse.. Exploration...The Americas 
  Americas Before the Europeans
  New World Cultures - Cultures of Middle America - Cultures of South America
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Art of the Americas
  Timelines, Central America | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Timelines, South America
  Art of the Americas | Thematic Essays | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Central America, All Time Periods - South America, All Time Periods
World History Archives: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas 
Gallery of Civilizations in America 
Mesoamerican Archaeology WWW page
Pre-Columbian Archaeology Related Links 
  Mesoweb 
The Americas: Primary Documents, Images, and Maps
  Ancient Latin America 
  Ancients of the Americas 
  The World Wide Web Virtual Library: Indigenous Studies - Central and Sou 
  Native American Indian Cultures from Mexico and South America 
  CIVILIZATION IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE 
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES: The Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania 
  Indigenous Studies - Central America, South America, Caribbean 
  Humanities-Interactive Border Studies Exhibitions 
  Cultures of Middle America
  New World Cultures 
  Native Languages of the Americas   
  Ancient Scripts of the World: Home
Mesoamerican Writing Systems 
Ancient Mesoamerican Writing 
   ANCIENT MESOAMERICAN CIVILIZATIONS-MAYA, MIXTEC, ZAPOTEC, & AZTEC
  History of Meso-American Architecture 
Ancient American: Archaeology of the Americas before Columbus
  The Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia and Oceania 
  Mexico Online Pre-Columbian Directory
The Great Indian Civilizations 
Maya/Aztec/Inca Center 
NOVA Online | Search for the Lost Cave People of Chiapas 
   SACRED COSMOLOGY: Precolumbian Mesoamerican Symbolism
  Civilizations in America 
Civilizations in America: Contents
Cultures in America: Languages 
    History of Mesoamericans  
  Gold of El Dorado 
  The tribes of Mesoamerica - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game 

AZTEC
MAP: Aztec, Inca, and Mayan Empires Before Conquest 
  Maya/Aztec/Inca Center 
    AZTEC STUDENT TEACHER RESOURCE CENTER
  Guide to the Aztec civilization
   The Aztecs/Mexicas
   Teotihuacan Home Page
Mexico Online Pre-Columbian Directory
The Aztecs by Michael E. Smith 
Aztecs.html
   Aztec Mythology 
Mictlan of the Aztec
Aztec Gods and Mythology
Rediscovering the Aztec Indians
Empires Past: Aztecs  
   The Aztecs
The Aztec Calendar 
  More on the Aztec Calender
Life and Death in Ancient Mexico 
  European Voyages of Exploration: Aztec Empire 
   The Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico 
The Conquest of the Aztecs 
Hernan Cortes and the Conquistadors in the New and Old World 
Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Black Legends - condemning European explorers
  RELIGIONS OF THE AZTEC AND SPANISH: HOW DO THEY COMPARE 
  Aztec Graphics Aztecs of Mexico History
  Aztecs - Fling the Teacher - Interactive game - SchoolHistory.co.uk
More info below in the sections on SPANISH CONQUEST and MEXICO.  And, don't forget the COMPREHENSIVE section above.

THE INCA
MAP: Aztec, Inca, and Mayan Empires Before Conquest
MAP: The Inca Empire
Maya/Aztec/Inca Center
The Incas
The Inca Trail and Machu Picchu
400 Machu Picchu Links
The Machu Picchu Library
NOVA Online | Ice Mummies of the Inca
The Ruins on the Inca Trail
The Empire of the Incas
History of the Inca Empire
Achievements of the Incas
European Voyages of Exploration: The Inca Empire
Descendants of the Incas: Inca weaving traditions and family ties.
  Machu picchu Peru travel guide and information 
  NOVA Online | Ice Mummies of the Inca | Mummies of the World 
For more on the Inca, check out the COMPREHENSIVE section above and the sections on SPANISH CONQUEST and PERU below.

THE MAYA
MAP: Aztec, Inca, and Mayan Empires Before Conquest 
    MAP: Mesoamerica and the Maya 
  MAP: Major Mayan Cities 
  Maya/Aztec/Inca Center
  Mayan Ruins - The Ultimate Guide
    Maya Sites - Science Museum of Minnesota 
MayaLinks: MayaPages for Native Americans 
   Welcome to Maya Adventure!
CMCC - Mystery of the Maya 
The Mayan Prophecies 
  Collapse -- The Maya
Maya Ruins 
   Andes @ nationalgeographic.com
Maya Girl Image
Maya of Guatemala 
Mayan Folktales
Mayan Epigraphic Database Project: HOME PAGE 
  Peru - Nazca Lines
The Maya Astronomy Page 
Mayan Hieroglyphs
Rabbit In The Moon: Mayan Glyphs And Architecture
  CalendarHome.com - Mayan Calendar Links
Mayan Calenders
  Mayan Calendar Tools
More on the Maya can be found in COMPREHENSIVE section above and in the SPANISH CONQUEST and MEXICO sections below.

Olmec - Toltec
The Anasazi, Olmec & Toltec
Civilizations in America: Toltecs
Civilizations in America: Olmecs
Also check out the COMPREHENSIVE section above and the MEXICO section below.

Spanish and Portuguese Conquest
***** European Voyages of Exploration - Geography/Cartography - Winds and Routes - Shipbuilding - European Maritime Superiority - Way of War - The Sugar & Slave Trades - Religion - Communication - Iberian Pioneers - Prince Henry the Navigator - The Portuguese Empire - Imperial Spain - Christopher Columbus - Atlantic Islands - The Caribbean - Latin America - Aztec Empire - The Inca Empire - Brazil
The Conquest of the Aztecs 
  The Conquistadors - Start the Adventure 
Hernan Cortes and the Conquistadors in the New and Old World
Bartolomé de Las Casas and the Black Legends - condemning European explorers
The Aztec Account of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
RELIGIONS OF THE AZTEC AND SPANISH: HOW DO THEY COMPARE
Spanish Colonization: History by Country
Spanish Conquest by Country & Region
For more on European exploration, check out my From Colonies to Revolution and Texas History pages.

LATIN AMERICA
MAPS: The Americas 
  MAP: Central America and Caribbean 
  MAP: South America 
  MAP: Modern Latin America 
  TIMELINE: Colonial Latin America 
  European Voyages of Exploration - Great maps here!
The Nations and Major Cities of South America in the Electronic Passport 
Political Database of the Americas 
  Latin American Election Data 
The Americas: Primary Documents, Images, and Maps
  Latin American Historical Documents 
  INTERNET RESOURCES FOR LATIN AMERICA  
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES ON THE WEB: Art of the Americas
  Timelines, Central America | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Timelines, South America
  Art of the Americas | Thematic Essays | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History - Central America, All Time Periods - South America, All Time Periods
  Latin America Link 
Famous Hispanics in the World and History
  Hispanics in world and U.S. history
  FAMOUS HISPANIC AMERICANS IN THE HUMANITIES 
  Latin American Network Information Center - LANIC  
    Historical Text Archive: Latin America 
  Historical Text Archive: Latin America Links 
  Historical Text Archive: Colonial Latin America 
  ART HISTORY RESOURCES: The Native Arts of the Americas & Oceania 
  Bill's Aboriginal Links: Latin America 
  Cultures of Middle America 
  Cultures of South America 
  Voces Americanas / American Voices 
  Colonial Latin America 
   Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies: CHICANO, LATINO, HISPANIC 
  VoS - Voice of the Shuttle: Spanish and Portuguese Literature
  H-LatAm: Presentations 
  HISPANIC THREADS IN AMERICA 
  Chicano Art Resource Guide
    Hispano America 
  Latino/Hispanic History US History 
  Latin American links 
   Latin World - Latin America on the Net
Organization of American States 
   Taino World 
Newspapers in Latin America - LANIC
Welcome to El Museo del Barrio
  History of Mathematics in the Americas
  Art & Culture Newsletter 
FolkArt & Craft Exchange(tm)
  InterKnowledge - Latin American Destinations 
  RUTAHSA ADVENTURES 
    Perspectives in Numismatics - A Coin Called Peso
  American Experience | Zoot Suit Riots  
  * TROPICAL AMERICA * a project of OnRamp Arts 2002 
For more info on specific countries, visit my Country Information page.

NAFTA - NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
NAFTA: the North American Free Trade Agreement
Mexico Online NAFTA Resources Directory
NAFTA Information
NAFTA - WWW Links
Notes on NAFTA: The Masters of Mankind.
Mexico NAFTA Resources - LANIC
What is a maquiladora?
Maquiladoras 101

THE AMAZON - ANDES - INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
Tribes in the rain forest 
  Native American Indian Cultures - the Penare Indians 
  NOVA Online/Warriors of the Amazon 
Coming of Age Rituals: Amazon Tribes
CULTURES OF THE ANDES
Andes @ nationalgeographic.com
Cultures of the Andes: Quechua Songs & Poems, Stories, Photos...
Kingdom of Araucania and Patagonia
ORINOCO ONLINE: Indigenous Societies of the Venezuelan Amazon

MEXICO
TIMELINE: Border | Interactive - Mexico 
  TIMELINE: THE PEOPLE & HISTORY OF MEXICO 
  MAPS: Mexico 
  MAP: Republic of Mexico, 1824 
  FLAGS: Mexico
Flags of Mexico 
  Documents on Mexican Politics
  ACCESS MEXICO'S HISTORY AND TRADITIONS 
  FAMOUS HISTORICAL PEOPLE IN THE HISTORY OF MEXICO 
  History of Mexico 
  BORDER STUDIES Texas - Mexico Border 
  Border Studies - Human Interaction in the Texas-Mexico Borderlands 
  Historic Designations--A Shared Experience--Mexico Inventories 
  Food For The Ancestors - Ancient Mexican Traditions 
Mexico Online www.mexonline.com - THE OnLine Guide To Mexico
ABC Country Book of Mexico - geography Flag, Map, Economy, Geography, Climate, etc. 
  Historical Text Archive: Mexico 
  Historical Text Archive: Mexico Links
Humanities-Interactive Border Studies Exhibitions  
Discovering Mexico @ nationalgeographic.com 
ACCESS MEXICO CONNECT MAGAZINE - CURRENT ISSUE - MEXICO'S ELECTRONIC MAGAZINE 
Mexico OnLine - Mexican Search Directory
Mexico NAFTA Resources - LANIC - more info in the NAFTA section above.
Mexico OnLine - Mexican Environment & Geography Directory 
  Border EcoWEB, Air pollution, Water pollution, hazardous waste, environment
Rio Grande Alliance Welcome  
CENTER FOR U.S.-MEXICAN STUDIES 
ARTS AND HISTORY IN MEXICO 
     Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries 
  Unknown Mexico 
Mexico Online Pre-Columbian Directory 
Indigenous Mexican Images
  Teotihuacan Home Page - More info on the AZTECS above. 
  Mexican Independence
  PRIMARY DOCUMENT: Mexican Constitution of 1824 
Chieftains of Mexican Independence 
  "El Grito" (The Cry)
  THE ITURBIDE CIRCLE 
  Mexican American War - More info and links available on my 19th Century America page. 
  A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States: An Overview 
Invasión Yanqui: The Mexican War
   Chronicle editorial: Cinco de Mayo 
Cinco de Mayo 
  MEXICO'S LINCOLN: THE ECSTASY AND AGONY OF BENITO JUAREZ 
  MAXIMILIAN AND CARLOTA: THE "ARCHDUPE" AND HIS TRAGIC LADY 
  Chronicle Maximilian of Mexico 
  Empress Carlotta of Mexico 
    Historical Figures in the Mexican Revolution 
     THE MONEY OF THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION 
   The Mexican Revolution 1910 - Mexican Revolution - Revolucion de Mexico - History of the Mexican Revolution - John Reed’s “What About Mexico?”: The United States and the Mexican Revolution 
    The Mexican Revolution: Conflict in Matamoros 
  Emiliano Zapata (FAQ)
  Victoriano Huerta, The Mexican Revolution 
  Who Was Pancho Villa?
   PANCHO VILLA 1878-1923 - HISTORY OF MEXICO ON MEXICO CONNECT 
Pancho Villa State Park
Pancho Villa Raids
  TLATELOLCO MASSACRE: DECLASSIFIED U.S. DOCUMENTS ON MEXICO AND THE EVENTS OF 1968  
  Zapatista Revolution, Chiapas Mexico 
Welcome - Mexica Movement - Indigenous Mexica history from an Indigenous point of view 
  Food For The Ancestors - Ancient Mexican Traditions 
Day of the Dead 
  Mexican Art and Culture Directory
Mexican Dance, Music, Art & Culture Web Sites
  CHICO's MHN Education Commons: Mexicano Folk Dancing
CHICO's Music Heritage Network: Mariachi Virtual Tour
CHICO - Cultural Heritage Initiative for Community Outreach
CHICO's MHN: Salsa Virtual Tour Index 
  The Diego Rivera Mural Project
The Huichol of Mexico, Their Culture, Symbolism and Art 
Wixalika Art: Welcome to The Masks of God 
Chihuahua: On the trail of Pancho Villa, Mormons, Mennonites, Waterfalls, and Turkeys 
  Mexican Art Game 

CUBA
Cuban Revolution (1952-1958)
Fidel Castro Biography
Castro Speech Databases
Glory to The Cuban Revolution
The Chairman Smiles - Cuban Posters
Cuba Campaign: History of the U.S. Blockade of Cuba
Cuba's People: images from across the straits
Scenes of Cuba...
The ULTRASENSITIVE Bay of Pigs
The Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
OPERATION PETER PAN
Operation Pedro Pan, Then and Now
Operation Peter Pan Wasn't Political
Celebrate Christmas in the True Cuban style!
Info on other countries in the Caribbean can be found on my Non-Western Cultures page.

Galápagos & Easter Island
MAP: Virtual Galápagos
Origin of the Galapagos Islands: A Photo Essay
  Mysterious Places - The Story of Easter Island

SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRIES
Argentina - History & Culture 
Argentina's history and overview 
Evita Peron
More on EVITA PERON
  Evita Peron Historical Research Foundation 
   Bolivia: History
   Brazil - LANIC 
  BRAZIL  
  European Voyages of Exploration: Brazil
  History of Brazil 
  Brazilian history collection 
  Virtual Trip to Brazil 
  D. PEDRO I of Brazil and D. PEDRO II  of Brazil  
Brazil Law / Leis Brasil / Leyes Brasil - International Trade Law : NLCIFT 
   Declassified Documents Relating to the Military Coup in Chile
  EL SALVADOR
   Guatemala Historical Events
U.S. POLICY IN GUATEMALA, 1966-96 
  Honduran Military CIA Reports  
  The Peruvians - Peru Mestizo 
  Nuevo Perú Home Page - Internet Peru 

Info on countries in the Caribbean - other than Cuba which is in the section above - can be found on my Non-Western Cultures page.