ARCA (Archive and Resource Center for the Americas) is an initiative to unite datasets and resources for the history of the Americas, especially Spanish America. Beyond the functionality as a mere repository, it aims at integrating datasets by docking them to a shared framework of central resources, systematics and format standards. The quintessential framework database, HGIS de las Indias, is also the seed resource for the initiative.
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Data: Natural disasters in Spanish America, 1492-1808
Apr 15, 2025 - Indias HGIS 2.0
Stangl, Werner, 2025, "Data: Natural disasters in Spanish America, 1492-1808", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/M5STC0
CSV files with coordinates for natural disaster events within Spanish America between 1492 and 1808, compiled from general databases (NOAA etc.). Complete metadata in the attached textfile.
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Demographic data, 1701-1808
Apr 15, 2025 - Indias HGIS 2.0
Stangl, Werner, 2017, "Demographic data, 1701-1808", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/QABIBG
Dataset containing ~8000 entries with demographic information on places and 700 entries with information on territories between 1701 and 1808. The information was compiled mainly from original sources and thus carries the bias inherent to them! The original information has very varying categories within which population was recorded (along the line...
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'Data: Instituciones coloniales'. In: Werner Stangl (coord.), Indias-HGIS 2.0
Feb 9, 2025 - Indias HGIS 2.0
Stangl, Werner, 2025, "'Data: Instituciones coloniales'. In: Werner Stangl (coord.), Indias-HGIS 2.0", https://doi.org/10.60600/YU/VW9QE2, Yale Dataverse, V1
This resource contains key institutions of the colonial system, both administrative and civil. It does not contain institutions with an essentially territorial identity such as audiences, districts or diocesan headquarters, as they are already included in the system and other resources. For full metadata, see attached textfile
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