Spanish Explorers

Reasons for the Spanish Exploration

of the New World
 GOLD) - They wanted riches and gold.
 (GOD) - They wanted to bring Christianity to
the Native
Americans of Mexico and South America.
 (GLORY) - They wanted the fame associated
with finding new land. They also imported
slaves to work on plantations,
 Spanish Colonization in the
Americas
Conquistadors: in Spanish means conqueror.

 The first Spanish fort built in America was St.

Augustine, Florida (1565).
 Hernando Cortez
 Hernando Cortez -
conquered the Aztec
Empire of Mexico in
1519.
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 Franciso Pizarro
 Francisco Pizarro -
conquered the Incas of
Peru in 1535 .
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 Spanish Explorers
 Hernando de Soto
explored the Carolinas,
Georgia,
Alabama and
Mississippi in search of
gold. (1539-1542)
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 Spanish Explorers
 Juan Ponce de Leon
explored Florida
looking for the
"Fountain of Youth."
(1513)
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 Spanish Explorers
 Ferdinand Magellan is
a Spanish explorer who
was the first to
sail around the world.
(1519-1522)
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 Spanish Explorers
 Amerigo Vespucci is a
Spanish explorer who
scouted the coast of
North America.
America is named for
him. (1499)
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