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    Spain - Business Travel Brochure General Information The capital of Spain is Madrid, but many visitors may believe it is Barcelona because it is a major popular city. Roman Catholicism is the major religion. Language / Body Language The cultural grammar in Spain has origins from a medieval style of Spanish known as, “Castilian”. Different forms of European Spanish are used depending on what area of Spain you are in. In the northern and central parts of Spain you will experience more people

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    luck with Portugal and Spain, Columbus finally got the money for his travel from the Spanish monarchs Isabella and Ferdinand in 1492. Three months pass and Columbus set sail with three boats the Nina, Pinta, and the Santa Maria set out for the west. Columbus had found land about six weeks after he set sail thinking he was closer to the Indies he called the natives Indians and named the island San Salvador not pleased with what riches they didn't have he, set sail back to Spain. Seeing that there

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    During the 15th and 16th centuries, Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion across the world. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and pacific oceans, allowing Spain to claim vast territories in North and South America, amongst other smaller territories. The Spanish Empire quickly became the foremost global power, reaching its peak in the 18th century, and became known as the empire on which the sun never sets. Historian Stanley G. Payne states that “by combining complex marriage

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    Imperialism In Spain

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    Spain began to flourish in the 15th century under the rule of Ferdinand and Isabel. At this time, Spain was one of the most dominant countries in the world with several overseas activities, including the sponsorship of Christopher Columbus and the many voyages he took to the “New World” (Spanish Business Culture). Spain gained their independence in 1492 and celebrates their independence day on October 12, 1492. In terms of size, Spain is considered the 29th largest country and has a total population

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    Political Structure Hispanic Literature The Spain that was intact during the explorations to the New World (specifically that of Christopher Columbus in 1492) was a Spain vastly different from what it had been a mere couple of decades pre-exploration. This "new" Spain is actualized by the union of Isabella of Castile and Ferdinand of Aragon in 1469. Before the marriage of the two major kingdoms of Spain (Aragon and Castile), Spain was in near anarchy. Weak kings and small local communities

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    Cortés, marqués del Valle de Oaxaca, was born around 1485 in Medellín, Spain, and propelled Spain's position in North America in the 1500s. He originated from a lesser respectable family in Spain. A few reports show that he learned at the University of Salamanca for a period of time. In 1504, Cortés left Spain to look for his fortune in the New World. He set out to the island of Santo Domingo, or Hispaniola. Settling in the new town of Azúa, Cortés served as a public accountant for quite a long while

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    Foreign Parties Christopher Columbus is a renowned explorer and a household name, despite the fact that it's been over five hundred years since his death in 1506. Many credit him with the discovery of the new world. The staff at history.com wrote, “Though [Columbus] did not really ‘discover’ the New World—millions of people already lived there—his journeys marked the beginning of centuries of transatlantic conquest and colonization” (History.com Staff, “Christopher Colombus”). Some people even hail

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    Christopher Columbus Voyages Columbus did not accept that the lands he had visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Between 1492 and 1503 Columbus did four round trip voyages between Spain and the Americas, all of them under the sponsorship of the Crown of Castile. These voyages marked the beginning of the European exploration and colonization of the American continents.that the lands that he visited during those voyages were part of the Asian continent, as said by Marco Polo

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    At the start of 1474, Spain was a non-existent entity that was composed of a series of minor kingdoms within the Iberian Peninsula. However Spain was subject to a process of change that led to the unification of the Iberian Peninsula under one monarchy, which controlled the new world and large areas of Northern Europe. This process of change was stimulated by the revenue of the new world and to varying degrees by domestic and international politics. However the New world was not always the primary

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    accident. Second, he captured Native Americans and brought them back to Spain to be slaves. Third his discovery led to the conquering and destruction of the Aztec and Inca empires. While everyone knows that Columbus discovered America in 1492, he never intended to find it in the first place. Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in an attempt to find a faster way to reach China and the rest

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