Globalization and disease Spanish soldiers introduced smallpox by contact with natives of the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan. A devastating epidemic broke out among the indigenous people, killing thousands. In 1617, smallpox reached Massachusetts, probably brought by earlier explorers to Nova Scotia, Canada.” By 1638 the disease had broken out among people in Boston, Massachusetts. In 1721 people fled the city after an outbreak, but the residents spread the disease to others throughout the thirteen colonies. Smallpox broke out in six separate epidemics in the United States through 1968. The smallpox vaccine was developed in 1798 by Edward Jenner. By 1979 the disease had been
Representative Music Band of the Mexican Armed Forces of the Mexican Armed Forces by inserting personnel from the military bands of the Secretariats of the Mexican Army, Mexican Air Force and the Mexican Navy. During the summer of that year, the newly reorganized musical group participated military tattoos and festivals in Europe, such as the Saumur Military Festival in France and in the Spasskaya Tower Military Music Festival and Tattoo in Russia. The Band Director, Agripino Centeno Blanco, has stated that the Mexican band's participation in military festivals around the world helps spread Mexican musical traditions abroad and gives the musicians a chance to exchange experiences with other