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Did Spanish and Portuguese explorers come to the Americas looking for treasure?
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 9y agoSpanish and Portuguese conquistadors came to the New World, or the Americas, searching for gold.
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The lure of riches once attracted Spanish and Portuguese explorers to the Americas Which Latin American nations still mine both gold and silver?
Mexico, Peru, and Nicaragua
What was the ship used by spanish and portuguese explorers?
they used clipper ships
What is a person called who is of pure Spanish or Portuguese descent and is born in the Americas?
American.
Spanish explorers first arrived in the Americas?
I'm only 14 and I know this(: It was the late 1400s
How did the Spanish build their empire in the Americans?
The Portuguese and Spanish explorers and conquistadors built their New World empires by suppressing the Native Americans.
What are the name of Spanish and Portuguese explorers came here for treasure?
Spanish explorers like Hernán Cortés and Francisco Pizarro, along with Portuguese explorers like Vasco da Gama and Ferdinand Magellan, came to the Americas in search of treasure such as gold and silver.
Spanish and portuguese explorers came here for treasure?
Yes, Spanish and Portuguese explorers came to the Americas in search of treasure such as gold, silver, and other valuable resources. They hoped to find new lands to conquer and exploit for their own empires. This exploration led to the colonization and exploitation of indigenous populations in the New World.
How did Spanish explorers change Americans lives?
how did spanish explorers change the live in americas
What did the Spanish explorers travel to the Americas?
Gold
The lure of riches once attracted Spanish and Portuguese explorers to the Americas Which Latin American nations still mine both gold and silver?
Mexico, Peru, and Nicaragua
What was the name of the spanish military explorers that explored the Americas?
you
Portuguese explorers were different from spanish explorers because they focused on?
Portuguese explorers focused on establishing trading outposts and establishing trade routes to Asia, while Spanish explorers were more focused on acquiring territory and resources in the New World. The Portuguese were particularly interested in finding a sea route to Asia for the lucrative spice trade.
Where did spanish and Portuguese explorers travel in the Americas?
The Portuguese colonized modern day Brazil, while Spain colonized much of the Caribbean, Central America, and the rest of south America, they also colonized Florida and the west of modern U.S.A.
What are Latin Americas main languages?
Spanish, Portuguese and French.
Where did spanish and portuguese explorers go to look for treasure?
Both countries sought treasure in the New World and in the East Indies. Portugal was limited by the Treaty of Tordesillas (1494) which gave Spain the right to colonize most of the Americas. The exception was Brazil, the easternmost part of South America. Portugal, however, also conducted trade, conquest, and piracy in India by sailing around Africa.
What goal did spanish and portuguese explorers share?
They wanted to get to the Far East.
What was the device the portuguese and spanish explorers used to determined latitude?
ships
