Spain in America
Before the year 1600 A. D. England had tried and failed to make a settlement in America; France had tried and failed; Spain alone in that year disputed the right of territory with the red men over more than 3,000,000 square miles of America. Spain had so far all the glory of the discovery and the exploration of the New World. But with her colonizers came Spanish errors and Spanish bigotry, and, to her discredit forever, Spain introduced the slave trade, both of red men and white men. Modern slavery was a sequel to the discovery of America.
Spain, through Columbus, discovered America.
Spain, through Americus Vespucius, named the continent.
Spain, through Balboa, discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Spain, through Magellan, proved America to be a continent.
Spain, through Fernando de Soto, discovered the Mississippi river.
Spain built the first towns in the New World.
Spain introduced the slave trade.
Spain, in the year 1600, was the only European power that disputed with the native red men dominion in North America.
Spain, through Americus Vespucius, named the continent.
Spain, through Balboa, discovered the Pacific Ocean.
Spain, through Magellan, proved America to be a continent.
Spain, through Fernando de Soto, discovered the Mississippi river.
Spain built the first towns in the New World.
Spain introduced the slave trade.
Spain, in the year 1600, was the only European power that disputed with the native red men dominion in North America.