Back الاستعمار الإسباني للأمريكيتين Arabic Colonización española d'América AST Іспанская каланізацыя Амерыкі BE Испанска колонизация на Америка Bulgarian Colonització espanyola d'Amèrica Catalan Conquista Czech Spansk kolonisering af Amerika Danish Spanish colonization of the Americas English Hispana koloniado de Ameriko EO Colonización española de América Spanish
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During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, Spain took control of lands in the Americas and established colonies in what is now the United States. Spanish colonization began with the arrival in America of Christopher Columbus (Cristóbal Colón) in 1492. This began the European colonization of the Americas.