Umayyad in the New World

Since Iberia is geographically well suited to sailing to the Americas, perhaps it was just a matter of luck that the previous rulers of Spain did not get to the New World first.

I’m curious what the Umayyad reaction would be to news of a ship that returned from the Caribbean after being blown off course. This POD would be the end of the 8th century after the Cordoba Emirate is established in exile after the Abbasid revolution.

Would they launch a war of conquest like the later Spaniards, seeking to enslave the largest population centers for maximum exploitation, or would it be slow burn trade and conversion?
 
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