Statistics and meaning of name Vantara Usage: 20% firstname, 80% surname. Vantara first name was found 5 times in 3 different countries. Surname Vantara is used at least 20 times in at least 5 countries. Name written with Chinese letters: ç¿é¶å³ (pinyin: wÄng tÃ¡o lÃ¡o)
1598 Spanish Colonization of New Mexico Juan de OÃ±ate leads the Spanish colonization of the province of New Mexico. He establishes his first capital in San Juan de los Caballeros at the confluence of the Rio Grande and Chama River. Read More.
The Spanish were able to colonize much of South and Central America, but the territory that later became the United States stood on the far periphery of Spain's New World empire. Only in the West did the Spanish have a serious presence in territory that's now the United States, and Spanish penetration of California and New Mexico came only in the 17th and 18th centuries.