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Spanish Expansion in the New World: Search for Wealth

Spanish Gold. ?Gold is the most exquisite of all things...Whosoever possesses gold can acquire all that he desires in this world. Truly, for gold he can gain entrance for his soul into paradise?.? ---Columbus. Gold Rush. Columbus opened up the way for treasure seekers when he discovered go

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Spanish Expansion in the New World: Search for Wealth

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    1. Spanish Expansion in the New World: Search for Wealth

    2. Spanish Gold “Gold is the most exquisite of all things...Whosoever possesses gold can acquire all that he desires in this world. Truly, for gold he can gain entrance for his soul into paradise….‘ ---Columbus

    3. Gold Rush Columbus opened up the way for treasure seekers when he discovered gold in San Salvador and Hispaniola. The news imparted to Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain soon spread throughout Europe, and there began the settlement of the West Indies under the guise of Christianity completely decimating the local Amerindian population.

    4. Hernan Cortes: Conquest & Plunder

    5. First Spanish Contact with Mexico

    6. Slaving Expedition of Francisco Hernandez de Cordoba, 1517

    7. First Discovery of Advanced Cultures of Mexico

    8. Hernandez de Cordoba Attacked & Defeated by the Maya, 1517

    9. Expedition of Juan de Grijalva, 1518

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