 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Christopher Columbus akawana Nyika Itsva nokuda kwoUmambo hweCastile neLeon muna 1492. Zvadaro, vamwe vanhu vakatanga kuita zvibvumirano nehurumende yeSpain kuti vatore nyika itsva dzainge dzichangobva kuwanikwa vachivapa mari yemitero uye simba rokutonga. Mumakumi amakore okutanga pashure pokuwanwa kwenyika itsva, vokuSpain vakaparadzira nyika dzeCaribbean ndokugadza muzinda wokushanda pachitsuwa cheCuba. Pakazosvika August 1521, guta guru reAztec reTenochtitlan rakanga rawa kuvaSpanish. Mukati memakore matatu okuwa kweTenochtitlan vaSpain vakanga vakunda rutivi rukuru rweMexico, ruchitambanukira kumaodzanyemba kusvikira kuIsthmus yeTehuantepec. Nharaunda yakanga ichangobva kukunda yakava New Spain, yaitungamirirwa nomutevedzeri wamambo uyo aipindura mambo weSpain kupfurikidza neDare reIndia. 