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13 cze 2022 · The apparatus of colonial government in the Spanish Empire consisted of multiple levels, starting with the monarchy and Council of the Indies at the top and moving down to the viceroy, audiencias, mayors, and local councils.
4 sie 2021 · A map illustrating the rise of Spain into a global colonial and trading power following the European Age of Exploration of the 15th Century.
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 and included regions in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.
Structure and attention to detail characterized Spanish colonial government in the Western Hemi sphere. Responsibilities in the chain of command were clearly defined, but the system admitted many exceptions.
From the earliest years the Spanish Caribbean was a complex, dynamic, and volatile region characterized by extensive interaction and conflict among diverse groups of people and by rapid economic and institutional development.
5 maj 2010 · As the discussion on Moctezuma's palio has shown, the Kislak paintings tell the history of the conquest by closely following the Spanish accounts. In that regard, the paintings present an imperial view of the conquest, a view in which the Spanish crown plays the crucial and decisive role.
19 mar 2013 · Infamously complex and mutable, yet in some ways surprisingly standardized, the Spanish governance of colonial America is a much-explored topic that remains an important subject of historical analysis.
