Which of the following is a true statement about Spanish exploration in the Americas?
AColumbus was fully aware that he had encountered two continents previously unknown to Europeans.
BAmerigo Vespucci was the first European to contend that Columbus had encountered two continents previously unknown to Europeans.
CConquistadors were mainly interested in studying the Americas and befriending the native peoples.
DNative illnesses wiped out over three-fourths of the conquistadors who came to the Americas.
AColumbus was fully aware that he had encountered two continents previously unknown to Europeans.
BAmerigo Vespucci was the first European to contend that Columbus had encountered two continents previously unknown to Europeans.
CConquistadors were mainly interested in studying the Americas and befriending the native peoples.
DNative illnesses wiped out over three-fourths of the conquistadors who came to the Americas.