Disestablishmentsin the Viceroyalty of NewSpain (1519-1821) — A Spanish colonial viceroyalty, based in present day Mexico. Ruling colonial provinces and territories in Spanish North America, the Spanish East Indies, and the Spanish West Indies.
The new administration by audiencia, a royal committee, proved unwieldy. In 1535 the first viceroy of NewSpain was appointed with the audiencia in support. At its height, NewSpain governed Spanish conquests in northern, southern, and Central America, the Caribbean, and a few territories in the Asia-Pacific region, claiming territory from northern California to Argentina.
NewSpain and Spanish ColonizationDuring the colonial era, from 1492 to 1821, Spain sent explorers, conquerors, and settlers to the New World. The territories that became part of the Spanish empire were called NewSpain. Source for information on NewSpain and Spanish Colonization: U*X*L Encyclopedia of U.S. History dictionary.
The art of the viceroyalty of NewSpain The objects in this chapter originate in, were exported to, and depict peoples originating in the Viceroyalty of NewSpain, showcasing the remarkable art created at the crux of a multi-ethnic trans-oceanic encounter.
Building an Empire The construction of NewSpain was an exercise in both literal and metaphorical empire-building. It entailed not only the physical construction of cities and infrastructure but also the establishment of a complex administrative and social structure that would ensure the Spanish Empire's longevity in the New World.
The history of mainland NewSpain spans three hundred years from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519-21) to the collapse of Spanish rule in the Mexic...
NewSpain, officially the Viceroyalty of NewSpain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [ 4 ] originally the Kingdom of NewSpain, 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 ...
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