To try to colonize the area. Spain had several anchorages on the Pacific coast of North America, and these were later raided by British privateers.
Spain sent missionaries to Florida to bring their religion to the Florida natives.
The Spanish sent missionaries to the Pacific Coast and the Southwest primarily to spread Christianity among Indigenous populations. This was part of their broader colonial strategy that aimed to exert control over these regions while converting Native Americans to Catholicism. Missionaries established missions as centers for religious education, agricultural development, and cultural assimilation, often working alongside colonial authorities to solidify Spain's presence in these territories. Additionally, the missions served as a means to facilitate Spanish settlement and economic exploitation of the land.
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First European nation to send explorers around the west coast of africa? He does that to every question he see's^ But the answer is: The Portuguese.
I'm not going to send you any ocean; I can't afford the postage.The California coast borders the Pacific ocean, if that's what you were trying to ask.
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The only missionary that I know that went to Ireland was St. Patrick. Since that time, Ireland has usually send out missionaries to the rest of the world, not vice-versa.
The United States send more Christian missionaries abroad than any other country. Approximately 127,000 Americans traveled abroad as missionaries in 2010.