Edward Holland Spicer

"The scope of the modern European expansion which began in the fifteenth century far exceeded that of any previous "world" conquest. During the 1500's and 1600's it proceeded to enmesh in its web of domination the natives of the Americas, Africa, southern Asia, and the islands of the South Seas. The Indians of North America were the first to feel the full impact, as the Spaniards moved with surprising success to add a New Spain to their empire. Rapidly...