[Heyworth]

Columbus was a latecomer--everyone beat him to the New World. He just had a better press agent.

What he had was an expansionist empire behind him with its own version of manifest destiny.

[Alter Kaker]

What he had was an expansionist empire behind him with its own version of manifest destiny.

I'm not really sure you can see the conquest of the New World as just a continuation of the Reconquista. They were distinctly separate events.