The correct answers are C) Columbus was the first explorer they sponsored. D) They started the settlement on the island of Hispaniola. E) Ponce de Leon found cities of gold in Puerto Rico.
The THREE statements that are true of the Spanish exploration and conquests in the New World are the following: Columbus was the first explorer they sponsored, they started the settlement on the island of Hispaniola, and Ponce de Leon found cities of gold in Puerto Rico.
The interest of King of Spain Ferdinand II of Aragon and Queen Isabela de Castile of expanding Spanish territories and discovering new trade routes to the Indias, made them sponsor the exploration of Cristopher Columbus that did not end up in India, but in a new continent: the Americas. The date: October 12, 1492. From there a series of explorations followed under the command of important sailors such as Juan Ponce de León, Pánfilo de Narváez, Alvar Nuñez Cabeza de Vaca and Lucas Vazquez de Ayllon.
