Spanish Exploration Vs American Exploration

The Age of exploration was from the late 1400 to the 1700. It was a time period where many countries sought out new resources and trade routes. The two countries that were notorious in exploration during the Renaissance were Portugal and Spain. The Portuguese and Spanish were rivals in exploration. They were always competing with each other over who was better. Spanish exploration was more effective than Portuguese exploration because the Spanish went to land unexplored, colonised and made more voyages than the Portuguese.
Trade was a necessity for early kingdoms after the Middle Ages. People, especially kings and monarchs wanted new trade routes for more wealth. Spain’s motivation for trade was to explore unknown land to find gold(Frey 333).
They were natives to the Bahamas and the Caribbean Islands and were not a part of the civilized world. At first the natives were scared and did not like the idea if columbus and his men coming to their home so they ran away(Corrick 53). The portuguese did not have a problem with the natives because the went on the coast of africa which was colonised a long time ago(Goodman 23). They did make it to India and there were natives there. The first spanish settlement of the new world was Cuba and Puerto Rico. (Caselli 24) Some more improvements in ships were discovered around the time the spanish colonised Cuba and Puerto Rico. Ship makers added more masts to the ship and they added rudders so you can control and steer the ship. Francisco Pizarro was a very important figure in the colonization of the caribbean islands and other countries of the new world. He conquered Peru and the Incan empire in 1532. Him and his brothers helped the spanish colonize most of the South American. The Spanish were better than the portuguese because they explored and conquered. The Portuguese only
Columbus was a very important figure in this decision because he was one of the most known explorer from the renaissance. He made four voyages to unexplored land, traded and became friends with natives, then he colonized and killed most of the natives. Prince Henry the navigator was also a widely known explorer of the Renaissance. He mapped and made voyages to India around the Horn of Africa. In addition he did take two voyages. But why Christopher Columbus was better is that he took four voyages to an unexplored and unknown place. Portugal had better equipment and better knowledge going into exploration but they didn't use that to their advantage. They had many maps created and they had a variety of ships like larger ships for ocean water and smaller ships for smaller bodies of water to travel on. However, the spanish did have a large armada and they used that to their advantage in bringing back more men to colonize the native land. Additionally they had many more explorers to go and find these places to explore in more depth. The spanish had much more money going into their process of exploration and finding new land, trade routes and even gold. The spanish were better in exploration than the portuguese because they had more resources which include ships and money and they also took many more