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The Age of Empire – Latin America
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The first great European empire was shared by the Spanish and Portuguese in Latin America. It was a direct result of Christopher Columbus, an Italian, discovering the continent in the late fifteenth century, using ships paid for by the King and Queen of Spain, Ferdinand and Isabella. (By the way, Columbus never got paid for his expedition, although Ferdinand and Isabella became the richest and most powerful sovereigns in Europe!)
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