Use this Discovering American History video entitled When Worlds Collide 1492 - 1590 to study the impact of European expansion by the Spanish and French and later by the English, the Portuguese tradition of seafaring exploration, when the Spanish began the exploration of the New World in search of new lands to conquer and precious metals, and when the Spanish New World Empire took root in the West Indies, Central America and Mexico.
Learn about When Worlds Collide 1492-1590.