StoryMaps at the Library of Congress are immersive web applications that tell the incredible stories of the Library’s collections through narrative, multimedia, and interactive maps. Preferred browsers are Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Safari. This page is a place to present StoryMaps created by or affiliated with the Hispanic Reading Room.
StoryMaps
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Brazilian Independence: A Bicentennial Commemoration from Afar, Above and Abroad This StoryMap invites you to see the world as José Silvestre Rebello saw it as he wrote in his pamphlet "O Brasil visto por cima" (Brazil seen from above). The map contains quotes from Rebello's descriptions of several cities and regions in Brazil and images from the Library of Congress' collections. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
Cultural Exchanges in Quechua Dictionaries This StoryMap details the cultural exchanges between Indigenous Andean populations and Christian missionaries as told through sixteenth and seventeenth century Quechua-Castilian dictionaries in the Library of Congress’ collection. There is no CSV file to accompany this StoryMap. -
Handbook of Latin American Studies This presentation invites you to discover the history behind the Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) at the Library of Congress. Through the years hundreds of scholars have provided a remarkable service to the field of Latin American Studies. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
Hidden Voices of Yucatán In a collaboration between the Hispanic Reading Room and the Mexican Cultural Institute, follow the story of Yucatán, a land with an incredible history. This narrative explores the land's ancient culture, European influence, and its resilient residents who still call Yucatán home. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
If These Walls Could Talk This presentation recreates the experience of walking into the Hispanic Reading Room where four richly colored and gigantic murals by the Brazilian artist Cândido Portinari document the Good Neighbor Policy at work in the Library of Congress. There is no CSV file to accompany this StoryMap. -
Literary Translators of Latin American Culture A brief story of the development of literary translations of Latin American literature in the United States. A celebration of the translator's creativity and role as a literary ambassador, providing a glimpse of their world and processes for transmitting language and cultural nuances from the source language into English. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
On Language and Colony This story will take the viewer through the historical path of the island of Puerto Rico since its colonization in 1493 and consequent linguistic changes. There is no CSV file to accompany this StoryMap. -
Poesías e historias del Caribe The "Poesías e historias del Caribe" presentation explores five Caribbean women poets in the PALABRA Archive as a way to highlight a historically underrepresented group of authors. The poems selected delve into themes of cultural identity, gender and heritage. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
Reencuentros Recursos en las colecciones de la Biblioteca del Congreso, como códices, imágenes y audio mesoamericanos, destacan el ascenso y la caída de los aztecas (this is a Spanish-language version of Stolen: An Indigenous Messenger's Own Account of the Aztec Conquest). This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap. -
Refranes This presentation celebrates the poetry of the Mexican Nobel Laureate Octavio Paz (1914-1998) and features "Refranes," one of the poems that Paz read during his recording for the Library’s PALABRA Archive in 1961. The presentation intersperses the audio of the poem with the verses in written form in their original Spanish, together with their English translation by the renowned editor, essayist, and translator, Eliot… -
Stolen: An Indigenous Messenger's Own Account of the Aztec Conquest An indigenous narrator explores the triumphs, downfall, and history of the Aztec civilization. Collection items from the Library of Congress such as Mesoamerican codices, images, and audio highlight the rise and fall of the Aztecs. This downloadable CSV file provides the mapped data in this StoryMap.