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21 lis 2024 · Viceroyalty of New Spain, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control.
New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [4] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.It was one of several domains established during the Spanish conquest of the Americas, and had ...
A detailed 1769 map of the internal provinces of New Spain (Northern Mexico and Southwest United States) prepared as a result of the 1766-1768 expedition to survey presidios and defenses of northern New Spain.
21 sty 2024 · English: Maps of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España) of 1535—1821 in North America.
7 lut 2024 · In this gallery of seven maps, we examine the vast overseas territories of the Spanish Empire from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The empire reached its height during the Age of Exploration...
The map depicts northern New Spain and French occupied areas in present-day southern and southwestern United States, demarcating the different kingdoms and territories. European incursions into the region presently known as the American South and Southwest started years before the fall of Tenochtitlán in 1521.
Together, these territories covered a vast area that included present-day Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Florida, the U.S. Midwest and Southwest, California, and the Philippines.
