That’s a misreading, not a correction.
There weren’t really any Spanish pilgrim settlers—a very specific type of colonizer—just conquistadors, and a bog standard extractive colonial empire.
There weren’t really any Spanish pilgrim settlers—a very specific type of colonizer—just conquistadors, and a bog standard extractive colonial empire.
Please check this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_legend_(Spain)
There is a lot of literature on the topic, so I won't discuss further.