Spain

The European powers were trading heavily with the West Indies (Pacific). At the time of Columbus' first voyage all trade was overland through the Middle East with intermediaries between the Europeans and the sources of the merchandise they sought. That made trade very slow, unpredictable, and expensive. If they could reach the source of the things they sought by sea, and not trade through intermediaries, they could buy exactly what they wanted, when they wanted it, and not pay the markup incurred by using traders as intermediaries. They were not looking for new lands, in fact they had no idea all that land existed. They were trying to improve an already existing business.

The country that could find a direct route to the far east would have an advantage over all the other countries trading with the East. That is what Spain was looking for, an advantage over all the others. They got lucky and found a lot more. In fact, a direct route to the West Indies wasn't found until 4 years after Columbus discovered the new world.

In 1581. The seventeen provinces of the Netherlands were a possession of Spain. This included modern-day Belgium, Luxembourg, parts of France and Germany and today's Holland, or the Netherlands. The seven northern provinces were Protestant and joined in the 1581 Act. By that time the Eighty Years War for the Netherlands Independence from Spain had already been going on for thirteen years. The war did not end until 1648, after which the seven northern provinces were recognized as independent.

both Spain and Portugal established colonial empires during the fifteenth century

There were many leaders who helped defeat the Moors in Spain. The entire process took almost 700 years. However, the final defeat at the Battle of Grenada was accomplished by Queen Isabel of the Kingdom of Castilla and King Ferdinand of the Kingdom of Aragon. They were husband and wife and became the first rulers of a completely Moor free country that became Spain under their leadership.

They began to be defeated shortly after they invaded in 711. The final defeat was 700+ years later in 1492. It took the Christians that long to drive them out.

Yes those countries plus Andorra occupy all the Peninsula. Gibraltar belongs to the UK so you can count them in also.

All three countries are republics and members of the European Community and use the euro as currency .

The original inhabitants of Spain were the Iberians, Basques and the Celts. Spain did not become a part of the Roman Empire in 206 B.C. Before later being ruled by Visigothic rulers, Muslims. the Franks and the Christians.

Castile and Grenada, which was the provisional capital of Spain at the time.

Historians now think he was Spanish. The theory is he took a different persona because his family were political rivals of the crown and the crown would never support his ideas. To back up this theory they point out he only spoke and wrote in Spanish and was married to a Spanish Nobel woman. A rough Italian sailor would never have been permitted to marry into a wealthy Spanish family in the 1400's. Who someone married was very important and political.

Columbus promised to find a route to China and India from the West, but ended up discovering America instead.

1.They wanted to colonize and rule as many lands as possible.

2.They wanted to trade with other Asian countries.

3.They were determined to spread the Roman Catholic religion to as many countries as possible.

4.They wanted to destroy Paolo.

In 1785 King Charles III realized that most of European countries used flags which were predominantly white, including Spain. That led to many confusions particularly at sea. So he ordered to make a new one flag which can be seen clearly from great distances. The red and yellow colors can be seen very well at sea, so they chose that one, also to distinguished from others tribanded flags, the yellow central band was twice the width of the red bands. On the yellow band appeared the coat of arms of the king and above of it the Real Crown.

This flag lasted until 1931, when Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, the new regime changed the monarchist flag for a new one in which the second red band was turned into murray and the coat of arms was changed as well.

After Spanish Civil War, the flag returned to be bicolor, but the arms was changed again by the dictatorial regime, claimed to be inspire in Catholic Monarchs coat of arms and adding the Pillars of Hercules and the motto 'una, grande y libre' (ONE, GREAT and FREE).

This one lasted until 1978, and in 1981 Democratic Constitution changed the arms for the coat of arms of Spanish Kingdom including the House of Bourbon crest in the middle of it.

Orange can represent a variety of things on a flag. On the flag of Sri Lanka orange represents Hinduism. The national color of Netherlands is orange, which used to be the predominant color on their flag.

Answer #2: Since the category is "Irish History", the orange on the Irish flag is to recognize the "Orangemen" (protestants) who live in Ireland. The green is the original inhabitants and the white symbolizes the desire for peace between them. (and three cheers to them for this!)

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On November 28, 1520, having successfully escaped a storm in the passage now named the "Strait of Magellan", near the southern tip of South America. Magellan's expedition, which encountered severe weather and a mutiny, was in the area of southern Argentina from January, 1520, until October, 1520 (including the winter in the Southern Hemisphere). From November 1 to November 28, they navigated the stormy waterway which they named "All Saints Channel", arriving in the Pacific only after one of their four remaining ships turned back and returned to Spain.

Because they didn't give them enough money.

The name of the prime minister of Spain, as of June 2014, is Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. It is believed that he is the oldest elected for the office since he was elected at the age of 56.

Juan Carlos I is the King of Spain. His wife and Queen is Sofia.

I have read on the web that it is 199 kms and takes approx 2hrs 10 minutes to drive, this was Faro airport.

Spain controlled its American empire with great brutality. They conquered the Incas by treachery, Mexico, the same and they virtually wiped out the Amerindians in California. Brutality and an iron fist characterized Spanish rule.

In the treaty with Spain, the territories of East and West Florida were ceded to Spain (without a clear northern boundary, resulting in a territorial dispute resolved by the Treaty of Madridin 1795), as was the island of Minorca.

Peru is bigger than Portugal. Peru has a total area of 496,225 square miles [1,285,216 square kilometers]. It's ranked 20th in size in the world. With a total area of 35,645 square miles [92,090 square kilometers], Portugal is ranked 110th in size.