Spanish Ships & Explorers Let us start off by saying the Spanish/Portuguese are explorers by heart, they had ships, they had horses, they had many ways of transportation, but why did they go out and explore, what reasons led them to explore. The Spanish explored for religious reasons, political and economic reasons to explore new areas and new regions. These Spanish conquistadors or explorers had a task during the 16th century, these were to …showed first 75 words of 734 total…

…showed last 75 words of 734 total…fleets Of Narvaez/Vaca, Soto, and Luna" * http://www.archeologyinc.org/ships.html Bartlett Elementary School 2000 "Hernando Cortez" * http://library.thinkquest.org/J002678F/cortez.htm 5th Grade Elementary school MA, riverdale "Spanish Explorers: In Search Of ???" *http://www.dedham.k12.ma.us/elementary/riverdale/WebQuests/Nichols-Ouellette/Spanishexplorers.htm Students - Elizabeth, Ben, Hylke Coaches - Jason, Rosemary, Kerry " Voyage of Exploration: Discovering New Horizons" *http://library.thinkquest.org/C001692/english/index.php3?subject=home