Imperia
Description of overseas empires Portugal in the early sixteenth century was dominated by trade in the Indian Ocean basin. Expected trading post, which organized the exchange, and from there the goods transported to the east of Lisbon, from where he went to Antwerp, by the Dutch merchants. Gains from trade in the eastern very quickly became the main source of income of the royal treasury. The Portuguese established a trading post on the western shores of Africa, where imported mainly gold and black slaves. Islands in the Atlantic and Brazil, however, proved sites for settlement - has grown up there cultivation of sugar, which became the basis for the maintenance of colonies. The existence of large plantations was possible mainly through the work of slaves. The Spanish expedition, as opposed to the planned activities of the Portuguese people was very vigorous and has often been organized by private individuals and not by the state. Their main objective was to acquire gold. Spaniard Ferdinand Cortez defeated Aztecs and Francisco Pizarro conquered Inca. Already in the mid-sixteenth century, the entire South and Central America with the exception of Brazil and Guyana have become part of the Spanish empire.