Conquistadors
conquistadors
Spain and Portugal.
( you mean america? :/) mainly Spain and England. also for a time Germany, France and the Netherlands.
Actually there were four major colonizers of the New World. France and England colonized the majority of North America, while Spain and Portugal colonized the majority of Central and South America. Holland to a much lessor extent also colonized parts of the New World. Instead of reading the answer is Spain, France and Europe
Most European countries colonised various parts of the world at one time or another. Principally Britain; France; Spain & Portugal, they established Empires in Asia, Afirica & the Americas. Virtually all of Africa & South America were dominated by European powers.
Primarily the ones that were colonized by England, which were most of the world actually. Examples are England, Canada, USA, Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and India. Nearly the entire world at the time was colonized by either the UK or Spain.
Spanish soldiers were sent to the New World in great numbers
The 3 main countries that explored the New World were Spain, Portugal, and England. These countries led the way in the age of exploration and colonized many parts of the Americas.
Not in high numbers, no. Most "defectors" Into Axis ranks were soldiers from British colonized lands.
Newzealand was first colonized by the Polynesians between 1250 and 1300. The first Europeansknown to have reached New Zealand were Dutch, but they did not stay and the second colonization was by the British in n 1788.
The Golden Age of Spain was one of great optimism and exploration by the Spanish royalty. The nation colonized vast areas of the world and grew extremely wealthy in a very short time.
Ferdinand Magellan discovered Rio in 1512 on his voyage around the world and colonized it for Spain and it was later taken by Portugal.
At its height, the British Empire encompassed 25% of the world and extended to all continents. The part of the world least colonised by Britain was South America which was mostly colonised by Spain.