The lust for gold enticed the spanish to colonize and decimate the local population in south america. the search for the mythical city of El Dorado was also a decisive factor.
North America Africa and europe
Afganistan and Bhutan
The Europeans respected that America had already colonized that territory and created a viable nation-state there.
All of them except Brazil, which was colonized by Portugal.
The first parts of the "new world" to be colonized by western Europeans in the early 16th century were the Caribbean islands.
The South Atlantic has South America and Southern Africa with adjacent coasts. All of South America was colonized by Spain apart from Brazil which was colonized by Portugal. Southern Africa was colonized by various European powers including Britain, Portugal, Germany, France and Spain.
The two continents that make up the New World are North America and South America. These continents were initially explored and colonized by Europeans during the Age of Discovery in the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
None south american country was captured by Portugal. Portugal discovered and colonized Brazil, and the other countries in south america were colonized mainly by Spain.
No. It was never colonized by Europeans.
Spanish settlers, from Mexico City, and Panama, and Portuguese conqueror's, in Brazil.
the europeans
Christianity was introduced to North America as it was colonized by Europeans. This started in the 16th and 17th centuries.