The term 'Overseas Expansion' is defined as a historical precedent of great historical importance that took place between the 15th and 16th centuries by the countries of Europe. This overseas expansion was none other than the bridge that opened the way for two worlds as different and distant as is the case between Europe and America could have contact for the first time in the history of mankind. For man, this period of time has been quite ironic since it was the moment of greatest advance in all of Europe in the marine field since they were able to cross the oceans of the planet with specific economic and military objectives.
The overseas expansion was carried out mainly by the blockade that the Arabs exercised towards the end of the Middle Ages in the city of Constantinople. This blockade represented a great problem for the Europeans since they were cut off from all the markets in the eastern part of the planet, both in the Middle and Far East. In this way, the European capacity and the desire to continue with its economic development was what led, in the first place, the Portuguese and then the Spanish, to undertakesaid adventure in the oceans in order to find new arrival routes to these remote areas. Despite this, along the way, they ended up encountering the continents of Africa of which only the northern region was known and as well as America.
Since the arrival of Europeans to America in 1492 led by Christopher Columbus, who was by then the representative of the kings of Spain on that trip, the overseas expansion of Europe accelerated in great proportions. From there, most of the Western European nations began an excessive search for new territories: nations such as Spain, Portugal, Italy, England, France were the most important in this regard. The expansion resulted in the conquest and colonization of a large percentage of the virgin areas of the planet, but especially of the American continent, which was divided among the Europeans without respecting the previous existence of the autochthonous peoples.
