Mexico and Southwest North America, 1521-1598.

Back to our regular release schedule, and we're wrapping up our adventures with the Spanish Empire in North America. The transition from Charles V to Philip II would see Spain's global prestige reach new heights. This golden age is responsible for Spanish language and culture being one of the most easily recognisable in the western world, and would mark the first major attempts to construct European societies on the American mainland. But America was not empty, and the millions of Indians who called the continent their homeland would have to now choose whether to integrate or maintain their identities. How would this clash of cultures shape the future of the Atlantic?

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