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Columbus was seeking a short route to India, and for the first decade of exploration many believed that the dark-skinned natives of the Caribbean might be tribes of southern Asia. Once it became clear that it was a New World, Spanish conquistadors began to conquer and plunder, seeking gold and jewels and establishing colonies in the Caribbean and Central America.
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What year did cristobal colon come to America?
Actually, Christopher Columbus (Cristobal Colon) never set foot in North America. He made it to the Caribbean and the coast of South America. He first reached the island of San Salvador in October 1492. But he never made it to America.
Which Italian sailed under the flag of Spain?
Christopher Columbus famously did so.
What explorer was nicknamed Iberia's pilot?
Chris Columbus
What did queen Isabella give to Columbus?
queen gave Columbus ships
Why were African slaves transported to the New World?
Spanish colonization of the Americas began with the capture and subjugation of local Indigenous peoples of the Americas, first of the Native Caribbean people by Christopher Columbus on his four voyages. Initially, enslavement represented one means by which the Columbus and other Castilians mobilized native labor and met production quotas. In 1501 the Spanish monarchs, Ferdinand and Isabella, granted permission to the colonists of the Caribbean to import African slaves. In the souther states the weather was ideal for the cotton crops. The Eurpeans could not and the white could not work in the field in hot weather and the natives were to wild to keep them restrained. The black Afrincan fit the profile of a person born to work in the cotton fields.
