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Introduction to Latin AmericaÕs geography, history and art


 

Required readings

á      Bailey: 4-68, 376-410, 425-434

á      Ades: 1-5

 

Important terms


á      Latin American, Ibero-American, Spanish American, Hispanic, Latino

á      Periods of Latin American History:

o      Pre-Columbian/Pre-Hispanic, 1200 BC-1492 AD

o      Colonial Latin America/Ibero-America, 1492-1820

o      Modern Latin America, 1820-present

 

Links to Images

á      Table of chronological correspondences between Mexican and Western art

á      Map of Latin America before 1500

á      Map of the Spanish Colonial World, 1492-1850

á      Map of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, ca. 1650

á      Map of the Viceroyalty of Peru, ca. 1650

á      Political map of Latin America, current

á      Countries of Latin America

á      Physical map of Latin America