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Spain lost all the colonial possessions in the first third of the century, except for Cuba, Puerto Rico and, isolated on the far side of the globe, the Philippines, Guam and nearby Pacific islands, as well as Spanish Sahara, parts of Morocco, and Spanish Guinea.
Timeline. 1492 - 1493. First Voyage of Christopher Columbus to the New World in three ships in an attempt to establish maritime trade routes to the East. 1494. A Spanish settlement is founded at La Isabela on the island of Hispaniola. 7 Jun 1494.
16 paź 2009 · Below is a brief timeline of key events in the Spanish colonisation of Central and South America. 1492: Christopher Columbus arrived in the Americas, landing in the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola in the Caribbean. 1519: Hernan Cortes arrived in the Aztec empire and entered the city of Tenochtitlan.
The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile.
5 dni temu · 1496. Diego Columbus, brother of the explorer, establishes the first secure Spanish colony at Santo Domingo. Go to Santo Domingo (Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua) in The Concise Dictionary of World Place-Names (2 ed.) See this event in other timelines:
8 gru 2023 · This timeline highlights key events and periods in the history of Spanish colonization, from early exploration to Mexican independence and the establishment of Spanish missions in California.
6 wrz 2024 · A colonial period of nearly three centuries followed the major Spanish conquests. The empire was created in a time of rising European absolutism, which flourished in both Spain and Spanish America and reached its height in the 18th century.
