The early goal of Portugal during the Age of Exploration was to look for a naval route going to India. The land routes were blocked by the Ottoman Empire which hindered the trade in the Far East. India was then considered the Portuguese state and it was founded six years after the Portuguese explorers found the route to India.
The reason why the spanish leaders wanted to push spanish control into North America during this time period was mostly because they wanted to gain more cotrol - which could be obviously achieved through more physical gain of the land of North America.
In 1821, William Becknell led a wagon train from Independence, Missouri, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. The wagon train led by William Becknell then established a <span> route for international trade with Mexico.</span>
Panama was the best place
