Western colonialism - Spanish Empire, New World, Colonization
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Only gradually did the Spaniards realize the possibilities of America. They had completed the oc…Expeditions sent by Diego Velázquez, governor of Cuba, made contact with the decayed Mayan civilization of Yucatán and brought news of the cities and precious metals of Aztec Mexico. Hernán Cortés entered Mexico from Cuba in 1519 and spent two years overthrowing the Aztec c… Mexico yielded much gold and silver, and the conquerors imagined still greater wealth and won…Meanwhile, the Pizarro brothers—Francisco Pizarro and his half-brothers Gonzalo and Hernando—entered the Inca Empire from Panama in 1531 and proceeded with its conquest. Finding the huge realm divided by a recent civil war over the throne, they captured and execute…
Only gradually did the Spaniards realize the possibilities of America. They had completed the oc…Expeditions sent by Diego Velázquez, governor of Cuba, made contact with the decayed Mayan civilization of Yucatán and brought news of the cities and precious metals of Aztec Mexico. Hernán Cortés entered Mexico from Cuba in 1519 and spent two years overthrowing the Aztec c…
Mexico yielded much gold and silver, and the conquerors imagined still greater wealth and won…Meanwhile, the Pizarro brothers—Francisco Pizarro and his half-brothers Gonzalo and Hernando—entered the Inca Empire from Panama in 1531 and proceeded with its conquest. Finding the huge realm divided by a recent civil war over the throne, they captured and execute…
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