God, gold and glory would qualify as the main reasons.
The early Spanish explorers were looking for Silver and Gold!
Europeans & Spanish explorers.
Conquistadors
The early Spanish explorers were looking for Silver and Gold!early explorers set out to find new land for the rest of their tribesthe natives taught early explorers about how to use herbs for medicine
Spanish explorers
When Spanish explorers arrived in North America during the 1500s, they encountered thriving indigenous civilizations. Eventually the Spanish would come to oppress and subjugate these people for their own selfish needs.
Zebulon Pike.
the europeans and the spanish
The early Spanish explorers.
the spanish
No
When Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California becamse part of the United States, Spanish was already being spoken there. Explorers from Spain were settling those places while explorers from England were settling in Virginia and Pennsylvania.