2019-10-01 BBC World Histories Magazine

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Hispanic North America

Clash for the colonies
A lithograph based on Carl Nebel’s
1851 painting of the 1847 battle of
Churubusco, during the Mexican-
American War. At the end of that
conflict, Mexico was forced to cede
over 50% of its territory to the US