Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.
Portugal settled Brazil as well as other parts in Asia, but not Cuzco in Peru.
Christopher Columbus, the famous explorer was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. He did marry Felipa Peristrello in Portugal, where he settled in 1476.
Central and South America were conquered by Spain a country which speaks Spanish. However Brazil, was settled by Portugal and so Portuguese is spoken there.
People settled all over North America. In the U. S. , the first arrivals mainly settled on frontier land. This basically encompassed the Eastern seaboard. It would take several years, however, before the colonies would see expansion to the west. The British, Spanish, French, and other European explorers also colonized parts of Canada and Mexico.
Who controlled Portugal back then
Portugal
The area was originally settled by Portugal.
Emigrants from Portugal.
France, Britain and Portugal
No. Mexico was explored and settled by Spain.
Portugal was the colonial ruler of Brazil when Brazil was a colony of Portugal.
Spain, followed by Portugal and France.
Actually Spain and Portugal wanted the lands Christopher Columbus discovered and would even fight for it. Later Pope Alexander VI settled the problem by making a boundary for Spain and Portugal.
Brazil (locally called Brasil), is the only country in Latin America (or at least South America), which Portugal settled in.
Spain. (In fact, the only exceptions are Brazil, which was colonized by Portugal; Guyana, which was colonized by Great Britain; Suriname, which was colonized by the Netherlands; and French Guiana, which was colonized by France.)
Well, what languages do they speak there? You're right! Spain and Portugal.