Spanish Ships and 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 find trading routes, spread religion and for currency such as gold. The question is how would they find these routes, and what type of transportation they would use? Simple, a ship and this was the standard for trading in the 16th century. I will be explaining the size of these boats. Now we have the boats who will lead the quest? I will be talking about Hernando Cortes and his voyages.…