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These territories remained under Spanish rule until the War of the Spanish Succession . Beginning with the 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus and continuing for over three centuries, the Spanish Empire would expand across the Caribbean Islands, half of South America, most of Central America and much of North America.
7 de fev. de 2024 · Explore the expansion and decline of the Spanish Empire from the 15th to the 19th century through seven maps. See how Spanish explorers, missionaries, and conquistadors shaped the world with their culture, language, and governance.
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The story of the Spanish Empire begins in the early 15th century. This was the last century of the Reconquista (Re-conquest), the centuries-old campaign by Christian forces to retake the Iberian Peninsula from the Muslim Arabs, who had conquered it in the 8th century. By the early 15th century, Muslim control of the Iberian Peninsula had been reduc...
By the time Spain became a united kingdom, it already controlled territory outside of the Iberian Peninsula, including the Canary Islands, Sardinia, and Sicily. In 1492, the Spaniards conquered Granada, thus destroying the last remaining Muslim outpost on the Iberian Peninsula. Coincidentally, this was the same year that Christopher Columbusset sai...
When King Charles I ascended the Spanish throne, he was able to rule about a quarter of Europe, not by conquest, but rather by inheritance because of the marital alliances established by the Reyes Catolicos (Catholic Kings) prior to his rule. He inherited Spain’s colonial possessions as well as the crowns of the Holy Roman Empire, the Low Countries...
From the 1640s onward, Spain faced a number of challenges. Rebellions against Spanish rule surfaced in Portugal, southern Italy, and Catalonia. The union with Portugal ended, though the Spaniards did manage to hang on to southern Italy and Catalonia. Spain did, however, lose territory in Europe over the course of the 17th century. In addition, the ...
Anachronous map of the Crown of Aragon. Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Toppling the Aztec and Inca civilizations, Spain laid claim to vast territories in North and South America.
(Julho de 2017) O Império Espanhol (em castelhano: Império Hispánico ), conhecido como Monarquia Hispânica e Monarquia Católica, [ 1] foi um dos maiores impérios da história.
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Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia. Flag of Spanish conquistadors with the crown of Castile on a red flag, used by Hernán Cortés, Francisco Pizarro and others. Spanish and Portuguese empires in 1790. Part of a series on. European colonization. of the Americas. First wave. Basque. British. Curonian. Danish. Dutch. French. German.
2 de ago. de 2022 · Download Full Size Image. A map illustrating Spain’s drive to expand its empire following the 1492 Reconquista of the Iberian Peninsula and Columbus 's discovery of America. Inspired by tales of land and instant riches, thousands flocked to the New World with hopes for wealth and status.