Historical American Exposition

1892-1893 Madrid
	The United States section of the main hall
Overview
BIE-class	Unrecognized exposition
Name	Historical American Exposition
Building	Biblioteca Nacional de España/National Archaeological Museum of Spain
Area	5,000 square metres (0.50 ha)[1]
Organized by	Antonio Cánovas del Castillo[1]
Participant(s)
Countries	19
Location
Country	Spain
City	Madrid
Coordinates	40°25′24″N 3°41′20″W / 40.423333°N 3.688889°WCoordinates: 40°25′24″N 3°41′20″W / 40.423333°N 3.688889°W
Timeline
Opening	30 October 1892
Closure	31 January 1893

The 1892 Historical American Exposition held in Madrid was intended to mark the four hundredth year of the discovery of America.^[2]

Participants

Several countries including Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Norway, Peru, Portugal, Sweden, Uruguay and USA participated,^[3] along with the Captaincy General of Cuba and Spain herself.^[3]

Costa Rica

The Costa Rica exhibit was organised by the National Museum of Costa Rica director Anastasio Alfaro and included over 1000 relics from an 1891 excavation of a cemetery at Guayabo de Turrialba. After the Madrid exhibition, much of the Costa Rican display was taken to the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.^[3]

Mexico

The Mexican exhibit was curated by Francisco del Paso y Troncoso and included models of the El Tajín, Xochicalco, and Teuchitlan pyramids and of the complete Cempoala site.^[4]

Spain

The Spanish section had many artefacts loaned from the National Archaeological Museum of Spain including the Troano codex^[5]

References

1 2 Watters, David R. "Miadrid 1892". In Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D. Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.
↑ "Cronología. National Library of Spain". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
1 2 3 Watters, D.R. & Zamora, O.F., (2005). "World's Fairs and Latin American Archaeology: Costa Rica at the 1892 Madrid Exposition". Bulletin of the History of Archaeology. 15(1), pp.4–11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bha.15102
↑ "Paper: Modeling Prehispanic Architecture at the Exposición Histórico-Americana, Madrid, 1892 (128th Annual Meeting (January 2-5, 2014))". Retrieved 5 May 2017.
↑ United States. Commission to the Madrid exposition, 1892 (1895). "Department of spain. National museum ofArcheoloy". Report of the United States commission to the Columbian historical exposition at Madrid 1892-1893. Washington Government Printing Office. p. 57–62.

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[FindPell113-1] 1 2 Watters, David R. "Miadrid 1892". In Findling, John E; Pelle, Kimberley D. Encyclopedia of World's Fairs and Expositions. p. 113. ISBN 978-0-7864-3416-9.

[libraryused-2] "Cronología. National Library of Spain". Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[costarica-3] 1 2 3 Watters, D.R. & Zamora, O.F., (2005). "World's Fairs and Latin American Archaeology: Costa Rica at the 1892 Madrid Exposition". Bulletin of the History of Archaeology. 15(1), pp.4–11. DOI: http://doi.org/10.5334/bha.15102

[|Mexico-4] "Paper: Modeling Prehispanic Architecture at the Exposición Histórico-Americana, Madrid, 1892 (128th Annual Meeting (January 2-5, 2014))". Retrieved 5 May 2017.

[usareportSpain-5] United States. Commission to the Madrid exposition, 1892 (1895). "Department of spain. National museum ofArcheoloy". Report of the United States commission to the Columbian historical exposition at Madrid 1892-1893. Washington Government Printing Office. p. 57–62.