Prior to 1492 and 1492


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1073 - El Cid Champion Caballero (Knight)


1100 - Mayán Civilization at its height in Central America

1325 - Aztecs conquer Toltec empire

1438-  Inca Rule begins in Perú.

1469 - Marriage of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain. Royalty timeline up to the Present King Juan Carlos.

(0000)- The crew of a Spanish vessel are shipwrecked near Jamaica and captured by Máyas in the Yucatán. Jerónimo de Aguilár is among the shipwrecked and would later serve as Cortés' interpreter.

Spain is the only country that can claim total credit for the discovery of the Western Hemisphere   -over 1/2 of the earth including earth waters.

From Exploring the West & Colonizing the West; from the most southern tip of South America to most of North America; chartered the oceans, islands, criss crossing America by foot, raft, ship, & by horse, & in one generation Hispanics acquired more new territory than Rome conquered in five centuries  . . . . . . . .                                       


1492 - The year of Discovery (note: Spain Occupied and Ruled the present country of Italy for 400             years continuously from the early 1300s' to the mid 1700s' - )

1492 - The Spanish Admiral Cristóbal Colón , Officers, Crew, ships the Niña, the Pínta & the             Santa María travel across the ocean to a new land that they named Nuéva España and             Tiérra Nova, (New Spain and New Found Lands).

         Note: Mapmakers (many many years later), changed the original name of Nuéva España and          Tiérra Nova to "America".

          The name "America" originated in the country of Spain, and the person who America is
           named after, is also a Spanish subject..

1492- Martín Alonso Pinzon , a shipowner, was part owner of the "Pinta" and the "Niña". Don Pinzó:n procured crews, prepared the ships and was commander of the Pinta during the 1492 expedition.  Don Pinzons' brother Vicente Yañez commanded the Niña 1492 -1493 and remained with Cristóbal Colón throughout the expedition.

1493 - Cristóbal Colón explores rim of Caribbean in three voyages (1493 -99)

1493 - The Spanish Sovereigns grant the Admiral from Castille, Crístóbal Colòn, the right
            to bear arms.

      The Aztecs and Incas were a major part of the development of Spanish
colonization of New Spain and South America, as were the Pueblos and
other American Indian tribes.

       Civilizations who have been developing separately, are brought together, through the conquest of America by Spain.

             Converging Cultures


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