2002年10月1日 · Rumors of gold brought Hernán Cortés and several hundred men to Mexico in 1519. Making his much-noted trek into the interior from the Gulf Coast, Cortés heard, and followed, tantalizing tales of a powerful ruler and immense wealth.

2022年7月25日 · When Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) arrived in the Americas in 1492, the one commodity that all European monarchs craved was gold. With this precious yellow metal, armies, mercenaries, and gunpowder weapons could be paid for, and their kingdoms could be defended and expanded.

2009年11月24日 · On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Palos, Spain, with three small ships, the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Nina. On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the...

Gold did not in fact play a very important part in the European trade with the East. Yet, the conquistadores were wrong in their belief that they were on the track of great natural deposits of precious metals. What they were doing was robbing gold-hoarding civilizations of the fruits of years of labor. The Euro-

2009年11月9日 · The explorer Christopher Columbus made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. His most famous was his first voyage, commanding the ships the Nina, the...

This trio of motivating factors, Gold, Glory, and God, along with superior technology and disease, would prove to be the fuel that propelled the Spanish to conquer most of South America, parts of the Southwestern United States, and all of Mexico and Central America.

Gold objects continue to display technical and aesthetic sophistication and symbolic complexity. Europeans arrive, sailing from Spain. Their first contact with native Americans takes place on the islands in the Caribbean Sea. Few Spanish settlements are established in Central America. The area is part of the Captaincy-General of Guatemala.

In particular, Columbus hoped to return with 'gold and spices in quantity': gold, because it was the true measure of wealth; spices, because pepper, cinnamon and cloves had become essential ingredients on a fifteenth-century European dining table.

2022年5月22日 · Congress approved and authorized a three-coin set to honor the 500th-anniversary celebration – a clad Half Dollar, a Silver Dollar and a $5 Gold coin. The new coins focused on Columbus but also more on his “discovery”. The obverse of the clad Half Dollar Columbus and a small party landing in the New World.

2021年4月24日 · Having convinced the King and Queen of Spain to finance his voyage, Christopher Columbus departed mainland Spain on August 3, 1492. He quickly made port in the Canary Islands for a final restocking and left there on September 6. He was in command of three ships: the Pinta, the Niña, and the Santa María.