So, in a recent fit of insomnia, I made a Spanish conquest mixtape. Here’s a list of the songs and corresponding historical events.

• Maritime Exploration: Another New World—Punch Brothers
• Contact: The Island—The Decemberists 
• European immigration: Led Zeppelin—Immigrant Song
• African Immigration: Family Atlantica— El Negrero
• Virgin Soil Epidemics: Idumea—Traditional
• Mestizaje: North American Scum—LCD Soundsystem/Conquest—White Stripes
• Hatuey: Après Moi—Regina Spektor
• The Seige of Tenochtitlan: Death Is the Road to Awe—Clint Mansell
• The Journey and Ordeal of Cabeza de Vaca: Wayfarin’ Stranger—Traditional
• Cajamarca: M.I.A.—Paper Planes
• Encomienda: Once in a Lifetime—Talking Heads
• Missions: Gabriel’s Oboe—Ennio Morricone
• Flight, Resistance, and Palenques: Pirate Jenny—Nina Simone
• Potosi and worldwide inflation: C.R.E.A.M.—Wu Tang Clan
• Looking Back: The Black Hawk War, or, How to Demolish an Entire Civilization and Still Feel Good About Yourself in the Morning…—Sufjan Stevens