answersLogoWhite

0

History

The Renaissance & Elizabethan Age of Exploration to the New World was dominated by the Spanish Conquistadors. The success of the Spanish Conquistadors in acquiring monopolies on much of the Eastern spice trade and their expeditions to the New World brought great wealth and power to Spain. The new discoveries made by the Spanish Conquistadors brought untold riches in terms of gold and silver and spices and it also brought power and influence.

The Voyage

Travelling by ships in the 16th century was by no means luxurious. Crammed aboard on a carrack, the leading ship design of the age, conditions were brutal and excellent breeding grounds for disease. Sanitation was non-existent, faeces were collected in any nearby bucket and thrown overboard whenever it was of convince, often times sitting out for hours in the harsh heat

User Avatar

Wiki User

13y ago

What else can I help you with?