King Philip II of Spain decreed Madrid – a somewhat sleepy mountain town in the middle of the Iberian Peninsula – the capital ...

Colombian academics have used high-definition images of coins to identify the ship as the San José, which was heading from ...

Discovery of 18th century Spanish galleon sparks £16 billion legal fight - Colombia, Spain, Peru and indigenous communities ...

A visitor from the golden age of sail will dock at a Cornwall harbour for the very first time later this month. From Thursday ...

Elsa Pataky, also known as Elsa Lafuente Medianu, is a Spanish model, actress and film producer well known for her role in the Fast & The Furious films where she played Elena Neves. The Madrid ...

In the 18th century, however, Bolivia was known as Upper Peru and subject to the Spanish Viceroyalty in Lima. From the 16th century onwards, galleons carrying the riches of Potosí crossed the ...