Spanish Empire Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
colonial empire governed by Spain between 1492 and 1976
About Spanish Empire
For hundreds of years, theMoorish people(Muslims from Northwest Africa) controlled parts of Spain. Eventually, however, Christian leader, led by just-married monarchs Isabella of Castille and Ferdinand of Aragon, pushed the Moorish rulers off the European continent, concluding theReconquista, and forced Muslims and Jews to convert or leave, enabling the ruling couple to claim the titleLos Reyes Católicosand to focus on exploring new lands. The Spanish government supportedChristopher Columbus' voyage to the west, which resulted in the "discovery" of the North American continent (of course, theNative Americans, and later theVikings, had already discovered North America). The Spanish took advantage of Columbus' discovery and the latercircumnavigation by Ferdinand Magellan, and quickly got lar
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