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  1. Há 5 dias · The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ushered in the European Age of Discovery.

  2. Há 23 horas · The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.

  3. Há 2 dias · The conquest of Granada, and the first voyage of Columbus, both in 1492, made that year a critical inflection point in Spanish history. The voyages of the various explorers and conquistadors of Spain during the subsequent decades helped establish a Spanish colonial empire which was among the largest ever.

  4. 8 de mai. de 2024 · One of the most powerful and largest empires in history, the Spanish Empire soared to prominence in the Age of Exploration. Spain created colonies in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific thanks to the bold explorations of explorers such as Christopher Columbus.

  5. 14 de mai. de 2024 · conquistador, any of the leaders in the Spanish conquest of America, especially of Mexico and Peru, in the 16th century. An expedition against Aztec Mexico was led by Hernán Cortés, who set up a base camp at Veracruz in 1519 to prepare for an advance inland.

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  6. 21 de mai. de 2024 · Spanish-American War, (1898), conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America. Origins of the war. The war originated in the Cuban struggle for independence from Spain, which began in February 1895.

  7. 21 de mai. de 2024 · New Spain was the Spanish colonial empire in North America and the Caribbean during the 16th to 19th centuries. It encompassed a vast region including present-day Mexico, Central America, the southwestern United States, and parts of the Caribbean.