FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH EXPLORERS
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Gold
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Glory
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Northwest Passage to Asia
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Fur Trading
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Detailed explanation-1: -Historians generally recognize three motives for European exploration and colonization in the New World: God, gold, and glory.
Detailed explanation-2: -Motivations for colonization: Spain’s colonization goals were to extract gold and silver from the Americas, to stimulate the Spanish economy and make Spain a more powerful country. Spain also aimed to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
Detailed explanation-3: -European nations in the 15th century began exploring new lands with three motives: religion, wealth, and glory. It was made possible by advances in naval fleet building and navigation, first pioneered by the Portuguese.
Detailed explanation-4: -Which was not a motivation for European exploration in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries? Ottoman control of the Silk Road.