The first Spanish explorer to search for gold in the New World was Christopher Columbus during his voyages to the Caribbean. While he did not find significant amounts of gold, his expeditions helped pave the way for other explorers who would later discover gold in the Americas.
Francisco Coronado searched for gold in the Americas because he was a Spanish conquistador looking to increase his wealth and power. He believed that finding gold would bring him prestige and favor with the Spanish Crown.
Yes, Spanish explorers discovered gold in Florida in the early 16th century, particularly in the area around present-day Tallahassee. However, the amount of gold found was not as significant as in other parts of the Americas.
Hernan Cortes is the Spanish explorer who searched for wealth and land in the Americas. He is best known for conquering the Aztec Empire in Mexico in the early 16th century.
Hernan Cortes was searching for gold in the Americas because the Spanish conquistadors were motivated by wealth and power. The Spanish crown had sponsored expeditions to find and extract gold from the New World to fund its empire-building endeavors. Cortes saw wealth as a way to gain favor with the monarchy and increase his own social status.
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Gold was known to exist in the Americas.
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The Spanish wanted riches such as gold and silver.
The Spanish wanted riches such as gold and silver.
Precious metals and for slaves
gold.
The three goals of the Spanish when they came to the Americas were to spread Christianity, capture Natives, take the Native's gold for money.
There they thought they could find a ton of gold. They did, and they also found Pre-Columbian cultures to conquer and convert.
Gold, land, slaves, raw resources to ship back to Spain to give that nation an advantage over the other Imperialist powers.
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