Is true that Spain hided the existence of the New World to the rest of Europe? How much time they achieved to keep it secret?

by taeyang31

I heard about this recently and I am curious about the details. Who was the first country to discover that Spain found new lands, and what was the reaction of the rest of the European World?

Pretty much the only thing I know is that Portugal asked the Pope to give them rights since they were catholic too...

TywinDeVillena

It is not true. I have an answer to a very similar question from a year ago that may be useful to you, as it is very much in line with this question.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ebrc7c/how_did_europeans_figure_out_that_the_lands/fb7ckfq