Spain sponsored lots of expeditions to the New World ( America).
They were the conquistadors, so they explored new lands and took many others by force. An example was Ponce de Leon, who explored and stablished a colony in Florida. Francisco Coronado traveled as further Northe as The Great Plains , looking for the losst Gonden Cities, but he only found little pueblos that had nothing, as he imagined and dreamed of, to offer him and his troops.
Several explorers established Spanish territorial claims in North America. Ponce de León explored Florida. Francisco Coronado traveled as far north as the Great Plains in his search for seven cities of gold.
Trade across the Sahara became possible and it impacted West African empires by influencing them on a cultural level. The peak of Saharan trade <span>extended from the 8th century until the early 17th century.</span>
