How come Spain barely colonized Africa?

Africa was colonising them.

Spain was weak when the massive colonization of Africa happened.

>>1181581
Okay but why didn't they try chipping away at the Ottoman's African possessions, or more of Morocco at the least when they weren't so weak?

>>1181593
What would they get out of it but a bloody war, patches of sand, and a bunch of angry durkas?

>>1181593
>when they weren't so weak?

This barely happened. Spain spent the 19th century fighting against itself.

>>1181552

Because that was part of the deal they made with Portugal.

>>1181552
Three (3) civil wars in a single century. Not counting the popular uprisings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Carlist_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Carlist_War
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Carlist_War

Yeah, well, they still have Ceuta and Melilla. That must be worth something, right?

>>1181552

Treaty of Tordesillas, I thought.

>>1181552
They were busy with South America which was full of rare resources and by the time the Scramble happened, Spain was already too weak and spent their entire wealth on infighting.

>>1182014
>Ceuta
rightful Portuguese clay, like Olivenza

>>1181552
Why on earth would they want to do that at the time?

>>1182513
>Ceuta
>Olivenza

Spanish legally by treaties, nobody speaks Portuguese, nobody feels Portuguese, nobody would want be part of a country like Portugal being able to be spanish.

>>1181593

That was the plan after the war of Granada and the end of the Reconquista: bring it to their home clay and Reconquista v2.0 from Morocco to heartlands of the Turk.

But then the discovery of America happened and focus shifted to exploration and conquests overseas.

>>1181565
Now it's colonizing Germany and Sweden instead!

>>1182019
this
Idk why no one has said this yet

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>>1181552
Because Muslims lived there and in the 1500's-1700's they weren't pushovers.

Portugal tried, their 20something King was fucking slain.

Spain is only good versus stone-age tribes but anyone civilized can bitch them. Fucking Dutch Burghers did.