Researching history through memoir can be an excellent way to tie together experience, context, and memory. On this page, you'll find access points for several biographical (memoirs, diaries, travel accounts, and more) accounts of people recounting their experiences in Latin America between 1500 and the mid-1900s. These are only a sampling of possible texts. Consider doing your own searching in HathiTrust or other digital collections for more.
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Moll Herman, A New & Exact Map of the Coast, Countries and Islands Within Ye Limits of Ye South Sea Company, from Ye River Aranoca to Terra Del Fuego, and from Thence Through Ye South Sea, to Ye North Part of California &c. with a View of the General and Coasting Trade-Winds and Perticular Draughts of the Most Important Bays, Ports &c., Map (London, 1711), Library of Congress.