SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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Columbian Exchange
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conquistadors
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Detailed explanation-1: -Conquistadors (/kɒnˈk(w)ɪstədɔːrz/, US also /-ˈkiːs-, kɒŋˈ-/) or conquistadores (Spanish: [koŋkistaˈðoɾes], Portuguese: [kõkistɐˈdoɾis, kõkiʃtɐˈðoɾɨʃ]; meaning ‘conquerors’) were the explorer-soldiers of the Spanish and Portuguese Empires of the 15th and 16th centuries.
Detailed explanation-2: -Conquistadors. Soon after Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492, the Spanish began to hear stories of civilizations with immense riches. Hoping to claim this wealth and territory for Spain and themselves, conquistadors, or “conquerors, ” sailed across the Atlantic Ocean.
Detailed explanation-3: -Spanish Explorers: Juan Pérez, José Navaéz, and Tomás de Suría. The Spanish were the first non-Natives to make a record of explorations along the Northwest Coast. Yet their approach to discovery of the territory was never very systematic.
Detailed explanation-4: -A handful of his fellow countrymen, including Juan Ponce de León, Lucas Vásquez de Ayllón, Pánfilo de Narváez, and Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, preceded him.