Discoverers Web
(http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/index.html)
Description:This site provides an extensive index of explorers, from De Soto to Lewis and Clark. It is written by a professor at the University of South Carolina named Andre Engles. Included in this encyclopedia of sorts is a section dedicated entirely to South America and explorers who probed her coasts. It provides biographies on the most famous explores as well as some of the more obscure ones as well. The weakness of this site are that it does not go into detail on its subjects and the links to independant web sites.

History-Ecuador: The Conquest of Ecuador
(http://www.terraquest.com/galapagos/history/ecuador/conquest.html)
Description:This site provides another superficial examination of the conquistadores, especial Pizarro. The advantages of this site are that it does provide the overall picture and timeline of the conquistadores and examines one of them, Pizarro, in depth. It also has related links to other areas within the Web Page.

The Inca and the Conquistadore
(http://www.ucalgary.ca/HIST/tutor/eurvoya/inca.html)
Description:This site is better and providing information about what daily life was for the conquistadores as well as the Inca once the conquistadores arrived. It is a little superficial (but not elementary). The best facet of this page is that it has a "Suggested Reading" list on the bottom of the web page as well as links to various related sites. It is apparently written by a group of professors from the University of Calgary.

 History of Lima
 (http://msstate.edu/archives/history/lima.html)
Description:This site is a primary resource from Spanish people visiting the town in 1748, including their impressions of the society and culture. They mention the variety of races, ethnicities, and classes that composed the city. There is mention of an Inca family with Spanish ties that is quite wealthy and honorable. Such an example displays the positive aspects of taking on Spanish characteristics.

 Choosing a Racial Label
 (http://usnews.com/usnews/issue/birace.html)
Description:This recent article concerning the issue of biracial people having to chose a single race to identify with brought up several quesitons in my mind regarding racial perception during the time of the early mestizos. For example, was one made to choose one race, particularly over Indian in order to be accepted? Also, was the fact of being a mestizo a source of pride or shame for these people? Lastly, today many children feel isolated from their peers because they feel they don't fit in, did the mestizos create their own social groups, etc. in order to fit in?

 Genetic Alteration
 (http://www.mongrel.org.uk/biotech/ex1.html)
Description:This is a horribly ignorant and racist site, but it reveals the stereotype of mestizos as being "the cream of the crop" of the human race. At the same time, it discusses the problems and faults of Africans and other racial groups. The site supports the genetic engineering of mestizo people because of their high quality(good behavior, demeanor,etc.) This group supports the creation of certain people such as mestizos because of stereotypes and misconceptions which they hold. This site would be a good comparison of stereotypes and perceptions of mestizos now and during colonial times.

 Great outdoors recreational page
 (http://www.gorp.com)
Description:The great outdoors recreational page had listings for many places around the world including the Ancient Andes. It also contained pertinent information on a variety of topics like religion, society (including women), art, and architecture. It also had links to other related sites. To get to some of the articles and links on this site go to destinations, click on around the globe, then under locations click on south america. Once there you will find a variety of articles including one entitled "Stone and Air: Ancient cultures of the Andes".

 Trackstar
 (http://www.scrtec.org/track/tracks/s00725.html)
Description:This site has a summary about the various links it provides on Inca civilization. It is a site for teachers who will be teaching about the Inca Empire. It provides many useful links along with summaries of the important points in those links. There are graphics of the Andes, Macchu Picchu, and other things. In it you can find very basic nformation about ancient technologies, a variety of topics relating to Inca society can culture, description of Inca mummies and ice treasures and information on Macchu Picchu. It also has two articles about quipus - one of which is controversial, information on the irrigation systems used by the Inca, graphics on many places in the Andes, and lesson ideas along with more general information on the Aztecs, Mayas, and Inca including a bibliography. The links include:
 http://www.trinity.edu/departments/education/core/lessons/first/195aim.htm
 http://www.andes.org/, http://www.interlog.com/~ggh/peru.htm
 http://www.cs.uidaho.edu/~casey931/seminar/quipu.html
 http://www.sscf.ucsb.edu/~ogburn/
 http://www.gorp.com/gorp/location/latamer/peru/macchu.htm
 http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/96/mummy/splash/splash.html
 http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/peru/mummies/high1.html
 http://www.bestweb.net/~goyzueta/INDEX.htm, and
 http://carbon.cudenver.edu/stc-link/technologies/ancient.html