FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Spain
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Europe
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Asia
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Africa
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Detailed explanation-1: -His expedition went ashore the same day and claimed the land for Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain, who sponsored his attempt to find a western ocean route to China, India, and the fabled gold and spice islands of Asia.
Detailed explanation-2: -Explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain.
Detailed explanation-3: -The areas in light green were territories claimed but not controlled by New Spain. After the 1521 Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, conqueror Hernán Cortés named the territory New Spain, and established the new capital, Mexico City, on the site of the Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire.