France challenged Spain's hold on some the colonial areas in the New World. They did so by fighting against Spain in Europe.
New World. New sources were discovered in AFRICA and the WESTERN HEMISPHERE
they raped the indians to have increased population
Spain was the first European country to import African slaves to the Americas. After Christopher Columbus discovered the New World, the Spanish started bringing Africans as slave labor for their plantations and mines. Juan de Cordoba was the first Spaniard to send African slaves to the New World.
The Queen of Spain financed Spanish colonization in the New World. The Queen also financed exploration in the name of Spain.
The New World was discovered by mistake. Spain hoped that to sail in the opposite direction will get it to India.
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spain, france, england and portugal.
Humans have been living in what is now Spain since at least 1.2 million years ago. As such, it isn't said to have been discovered the way, for example, the New World was discovered.
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It is refering to America, or the 'new world.' Spain thought that they discovered it first. Meaning that the land was theirs.
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator who served for Spain and Portugal, wrote a letter in 1502 which he called his newest discoveries the New World. Eventually mapmakers put his name on the lands he discovered known today as North and South America.
Amerigo Vespucci
The exploration and settling of the New World was commissioned by the continent of Spain. Having first discovered the America's they set the trail for others to follow.
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.
Christopher Columbus is considered to be the sailor who discovered the New World.
The vikings are believed to have discovered the new world first but Christopher Columbus "discovered the new world" in 1629