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


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,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 along with the
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and Spain herself.


Costa Rica

The Costa Rica exhibit was organised by the National Museum of Costa Rica director
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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
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in Chicago.


Mexico

The Mexican exhibit was curated by Francisco del Paso y Troncoso and included models of the
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,
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, and Teuchitlan pyramids and of the complete
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site.


Spain

The Spanish section had many artefacts loaned from the
National Archaeological Museum of Spain The National Archaeological Museum (; MAN) is a archaeology museum in Madrid, Spain. It is located on Calle de Serrano beside the Plaza de Colón, sharing its building with the National Library of Spain. It is one of the National Museums of ...
including the Troano codex


See also

* Exposición Nacional de Minería (1883)


References

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