Hernan Cortes was funded by either the govener or king. ( If not true please let me know if or how exactly.)
Hernan Cortes's expeditions to Mexico were initially financed by his own wealth and loans from merchants in Cuba. Additionally, he received financial support from King Charles V of Spain and the Spanish crown to fund his conquest of the Aztec Empire.
Hernan Cortes was searching for gold in the Americas because the Spanish conquistadors were motivated by wealth and power. The Spanish crown had sponsored expeditions to find and extract gold from the New World to fund its empire-building endeavors. Cortes saw wealth as a way to gain favor with the monarchy and increase his own social status.
Hernán Cortes sailed for Spain both because he was Spanish by birth (and therefore harbored loyalty to his fatherland) and because King Carlos V of Spain agreed to fund his voyages. Mostly it was the latter reason.
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Cortes wanted gold to fund his expeditions and please the Spanish crown. Gold was also a symbol of wealth and power, and he believed acquiring it would help solidify his position in the New World. Additionally, gold was a key motivation for many explorers during the Age of Exploration due to its value and prestige.
King George III helped fund James Cook's expeditions.
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The Governments of the colonizing countries. Either the army, government itself or the Monarchs would fund expeditions for colonization.
Charles I jailed anyone that did not contribute to his war fund.
Anyone who pays federal taxes.
No, anyone can symbolically adopt an animal through WWF.
They hoped to establish trade with China, Japan, and the Indies without having to go throught middlemen in west Asia and the Middle East. The motive of conquering, plundering, and exploiting the lands that these expeditions discovered arose only after they were discovered, that is, after the expeditions and not before then.