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• Spanish Empire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

  The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio Español) was the second largest empire in history and one of the first global empires. In the 15th and 16th centuries, Spain was in the ...

• Spanish colonization of the Americas - Wikipedia, the free ...

  The Spanish colonization of the Americas was Spain 's conquest, settlement, and rule over much of the western hemisphere from 1492-1898. Beginning with the arrival of Christopher ...

• Spanish Empire

  History of the Spanish Empire, 16th.- 18th. centuries. ... Spanish Empire. Upon the death of Ferdinand II of Aragon (Ferdinand V of Castile) in 1516, the Spanish crown was ...