I’m on console, sadly :(

The (ugh) for Andrew Jackson is so real 😭

Good call. I had the Beinecke and JCBL on my list. I hadn’t thought about Princeton, but that’s a great shout.

I am fully obsessed with Mexican history and want future histories to be cross-continental, emphasizing Canada as a node with a larger network, thinking beyond the Atlantic, borderlands, etc. and moving towards histories of Canada-America-Mexico. Alan Taylor does this somewhat in American Republics.

Finally, the ruins of Teotihuacan, a city and civilization that flourished and collapsed centuries (c. 100 BC to 550 AD) before the Mexica built Tenochtitlan. Views from the top of the Pyramid of the Moon, then of the Pyramid of the Sun. The most astounding historical site I’ve ever seen.

The ruins of Tenochtitlan, the Mexica altepetl upon which the Spaniards built Mexico City. Nearby is the piazza where Winfield Scott marched into the city in 1847. Like their Canadian friends, Mexicans also had to deal with Scott, Wool, Taylor and other War of 1812 veterans invading them.

Relatively hidden gem, at least compared to the Frida Kahlo Museum: Leon Trotsky House Museum. Attached are photos of his office where he was assassinated in 1940. Fascinating museum in a really lovely neighbourhood (Coyoacán).

Chapultepec Castle and the National Museum of History were fantastic too. I think there’s a lot of comparison to be made with British North America. I’d love to see how Spanish-Mexican conservatives aligned with British North American conservatives, same with liberals, republicans.

I was just in Mexico City and wondered how much of the language is influenced by Nahuatl, Mayan, etc.

I’d like to bring the Finger Lakes into this equation: Lord Conesus or Lord Skaneateles (5/5?)

Lord Eerie: holy shit. you guys are you seeing this. this is clearly an evil autocrat name. 5/5 great lakes I won't settle for less