Why did the authors of probanzas de méritos choose to write in the way that they did? What should we consider when we interpret these documents today?

Answer and Explanation:

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Probanzas de méritos was featured glowing descriptions of lands of plenty. The Spanish explorers hoped to find cities of gold, so they made their discoveries sound as wonderful as possible in these letters to convince the Spanish crown to fund more voyages.

We can also fact-check these descriptions, whereas the Spanish court could only take them at face value.