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Early maps of the Americas made by indigenous people are rare—extremely rare. This map, dated 1593, is one of fewer than 100 such documents that have survived the ravages of time. It provides a ...

Everybody knows the story of the Pontiac Aztek, a vehicle widely considered to be one of the ugliest ever put into production—and a perfect example of an automaker bungling what seemed to be a great ...

In 1519, the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés and 400 of his men marched into the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan and knew at once they were in a strange and wondrous place. Even before their arrival, ...

The V12 engine may be harder to come by these days, but Aston Martin is keeping it alive and well with the 2025 Vanquish. We’ll take that out for a 12-cylinder spin, then swap out for a drive in the ...

At a glance, the fall of the Aztec empire in the early 16th century seems like one of history’s clearest before-and-after moments: a powerful empire crushed almost instantly by a handful of Spanish ...