FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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people to convert to Christianity
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the Incas and Aztecs
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new foods and spices
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gold and silver
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Detailed explanation-1: -Many of the colonists in his party hoped to find their own riches mining silver. On his way north he crossed the Rio Grande at El Paso del Norte, the site of the modern city of El Paso. It was there that he formally declared Spanish possession of what is now New Mexico.
Detailed explanation-2: -Along with the idea of looking for new trade routes, they also hoped to find new sources of gold, silver, and other valuables. Additionally, Europeans saw exploration as a way to bring Christianity to other cultures that lived in other lands.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish explorers realized that the Americas could provide even greater riches than could be earned through trade with Asia. For the next 150 years after Columbus’s voyages, adventurers explored the new lands in search of wealth.
Detailed explanation-4: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.