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The priest Bartolome de Las Casas traveled through New Spain working for reform. Largely due to Las Casa's efforts, the government of Spain ordered reform of the encomienda system in the mid-1500s.
The Vikings were the first Europeans to land in the New World, centuries before Columbus. However, the recognized discovery of the New World is in 1492 by Christopher Columbus, an Italian who sailed in name of Spain.
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The Romans conquered Spain, Asia Minor, Macedonia, and Greece.
You may be referring to Juan de Oñate. He was a conquistador: in the late 1500s and early 1600s, he explored in the New World, and he established the colony of New Mexico for Spain. Most accounts say he was very dictatorial and harsh as the leader of that colony, but he is known for having established it.