Deadlier than weapons...
Contrary to traditional beliefs, the best weapon available for the Spanish against the indigenous people were neither firearms, breastplates nor horses.
The plagues and diverse diseases were the main causes for the demographic decline.
Diseases like smallpox spread quickly through the American population, with no distinction between kings and peasants. Death traveled the land and nothing could stop the ruthless and devastating virus that spared no one.
In this concept art, we display the picture of workers infected by smallpox, an image that became common at the beginning of the conquest, until the surviving indigenous people were able to generate the necessary antibodies and survive the disease.
It would help us immensely if you decide to sign up to our Kickstarter campaign.
In order to launch the campaign, we need at least 20k people to register to the page. It literally takes a minute to do so, but it would mean the world to us.
The plagues and diverse diseases were the main causes for the demographic decline.
Diseases like smallpox spread quickly through the American population, with no distinction between kings and peasants. Death traveled the land and nothing could stop the ruthless and devastating virus that spared no one.
In this concept art, we display the picture of workers infected by smallpox, an image that became common at the beginning of the conquest, until the surviving indigenous people were able to generate the necessary antibodies and survive the disease.
It would help us immensely if you decide to sign up to our Kickstarter campaign.
In order to launch the campaign, we need at least 20k people to register to the page. It literally takes a minute to do so, but it would mean the world to us.