The Americas

Maya mathematics, Andean engineering and the lake-cities of Mexico developed with no contact with the Old World. These articles cover the civilisations of the Americas on their own terms, from the first cities to the encounters of the sixteenth century.

51 articles, oldest first

Record · Twentieth century · The Americas

Two letters from Khrushchev, October 26 and 27, 1962

A U-2 flight on October 14, 1962 brought back 928 photographs of missile sites in Cuba. Two Khrushchev letters, a lost U-2 and Radio Moscow followed.

· 1962