Mainly because they wanted to spread the Catholic religion around the world.
When conquistadors came from Spain to the Americas, they heard rumors of the Seven Cities Of Gold. They wanted to find the gold, although, it did not exist. They also wanted to establish settlements to claim the new land.
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Which European nation was the first to claim land in the Americas
Spain was able to claim land by exploring and defeating any resistance from the indigenous tribes. Additionally, by being located on the Iberian Peninsula, they were in the ideal location to launch an invasion of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus
They wanted to claim land for themselves.
the reason that Spain set up missions was to protect their lands from anybody that wanted to destroy them and claim land that they have already claimed before.
Spain and Portugal divided the Americas into lands they could claim with the signing of the Treaty of Tordesillas in 1494. This agreement stipulated that Spain could claim lands to the west of a specific meridian, while Portugal could claim lands to the east.
New Spain was afraid that England wanted to claim the land and they wanted to show that that land was already claimed
His goal was to bring gold back to Spain from the Americas.
What lands did Spain claim
When did the Celts first claim land in Spain