Columbus had been granted the authority by the Spanish Monarchy to claim the land for the Spanish, begin a settlement, trade for valuable goods or gold and explore.

哥伦布被西班牙皇室授权宣布这片土地归西班牙所属，并开始在此定居，进行贵重物品或黄金交易和探索。

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Piracy was a problem thousands of years before the Spanish began to bring gold, silver, and other treasures from the New World back to Spain.

早在西班牙的殖民者将大把大把的黄金、白银和其他的财宝从新大陆运回西班牙以前，海盗行为已经存在了好几千年了。

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We know Atahualpa's gold existed because it's recorded in the Spanish chronicle, and it's recorded that a large convoy of gold was on its way from Ecuador.

我们知道阿塔瓦尔帕的黄金确实存在过，因为这在西班牙年代史中有记载，并记有一只大型的黄金护航队驶离厄瓜多尔。

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The biggest threat in the next four years for Team USA, which hasn't lost since 2006, may be the 2014 World Cup, where a wily Spanish team that lost to the U.S. in the last two Olympic gold-medal games will be playing in front of a home crowd.

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