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"The Spanish
Empire (Spanish:
Imperio Espaņol) was one
of the largest empires in world
history, and one of the first
global empires. It included
territories and colonies in
Europe, the
Americas,
Africa,
Asia and
Oceania, from the 15th century
through - in the case of its
African holdings - the latter
portion of the 20th century. Spain
had emerged as a unified monarchy in
1492 following the
reconquista of the Iberian
peninsula; that very year,
Christopher Columbus commanded
the first Spanish exploratory voyage
across the
Atlantic Ocean, leading to
Europe's eventual colonial
engagement with the
Americas. The
Western Hemisphere thereby
became the focus of this new Spanish
Empire."
Source:
Wikipedia
