- King Miguel de Buria
By 1550 the slave trade had begun to form an important part of Spain's imperial economy, and increasing numbers of people were being imported to work in its plantations and mines.
Where there are slaves however, there is resistance and in Venezuela a group managed to break free and form their independent settlement. This is the story of Miguel de Buria and battle against the Spanish
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After wasting a lot of time and money following rumours of riches and precious metals, De Coronado had a choice to make - go home, try to make the best of what he had found, or set off on another wild goose chase.
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De Coronado set off to try and find Cibola following de Nizza's dubious directions.
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El Dorado wasn't the only mythical city which was inspiring the Spanish to march out into the unknown. Somewhere beyond the deserts of northern Mexico, it was thought that there was another.
Today we follow de Coronado as he begins his search for the golden city of Cibola, and reunite with Estevanico who we met on the Narvaez expedition.
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Today we have a special episode - an interview with Allen Wells about his new book Latin America's Democratic Crusade.
Allen's book examines the 20th century and argues that, despite the preoccupations within the USA about the Cold War, for many inside the region a different battle was playing out. Not Communism versus Capitalism, but democracy versus dictatorship.
The book will be published by Yale University Press and it is out now,
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After finding it such hard going, today the Montejos will finish their conquest. That doesn't mean that it will be easy however, to go forwards they will have to take some more steps backwards.
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Montejo came back for another go at conquering the Yucatan, and this time he decided to approach it from a different angle.
Would he be any more successful this time?
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The Yucatan peninsula formed a big unconquered space between several of the Spanish empire's most important colonies. In 1526 a man named Francisco de Montejo decided it was time to try and bring it under his control.
Upon arrival, he faced a difficult natural environment and a Maya population who had no intention of giving up their sovereignty.
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While the Spanish were expanding across South America, there was a vast gap in the land they controlled. The River Plate looked like a promising place for would-be conquistadors, and was only a matter of time before somebody tried to conquer it. Doing so turned out to be much more difficult that anticipated.
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After a long period of ignoring the Americas, eventually Portugal made it's first efforts to colonise the land they had been allotted in Brazil.
It would be a patchy and difficult process, but eventually they managed to establish an administration on which they could start to build.
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With the Spanish expanding into the north west corner of South America, aspiring conquistadors were on the look out for new lands which they could conquer.
One of these, Francisco de Orellana, set out on an expedition to find the mythical land of cinnamon, said to be somewhere to the east.
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Now that the German bankers had control of Venezuela, it's time to find out what they did with it. This episode covers the succession of governors who were put in charge of the colony, and their largely unsuccessful expeditions into the interior
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What links an oil rich nation in the north of South America, the Italian city of Venice, and a German banking family?
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Quesada and Belalcazar make their way from different directions, up into Central Colombia.
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The land which connected the Spanish heartland in the Caribbean with Pizarro's new conquest in Peru - what we call Colombia today - was still unknown to the Spanish, and for all the riches of they had discovered in the Inca empire, it was here that the gold they craved was to be found in abundance.
In this episode we look at the first attempts to move into the interior and connect up Peru with the Atlantic Ocean.
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Today we bring the series to a close. We deal with the final twists of Spanish factional politics, and tell the story of the Neo-Inca State. We also find out what happened to all the remaining characters.
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With Manco retreating to Vilcabamba, the scene was set for Pizarro and Almagro to fight it out for control of Peru.
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When Almagro returned to Peru, he found a situation which offered both danger and opportunity. Would Manco's rebellion force him to put aside his rivalry with Pizarro, or would he seek to use it to his advantage?
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De Almagro leaves Peru to attempt a conquest of his own
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The Spanish fight for their very survival in Cusco, and the Inca attacks spread out across the empire.
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