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The Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of Granada (Spanish: Virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa ɣɾaˈnaða]), also called Viceroyalty of New Granada or Viceroyalty of Santafé, was the name given on 27 May 1717 to the jurisdiction of the Spanish Empire in northern South America, corresponding to modern Colombia, Ecuador, Panama and Venezuela.
The resulting New Laws of 1542 began the suppression of the encomienda system of exploitation of Indian labour. Central America - Spanish Conquest, Colonization, Indigenous Peoples: Rodrigo de Bastidas was first to establish Spain’s claim to the isthmus, sailing along the Darién coast in March 1501, but he made no settlement.
The Viceroyalty of New Spain. Less than a decade after the Spanish conquistador (conqueror) Hernan Cortés and his men and indigenous allies defeated the Mexica (Aztecs) at their capital city of Tenochtitlan in 1521, the first viceroyalty, New Spain, was officially created. Tenochtitlan was razed and then rebuilt as Mexico City, the capital of ...
New Spain. Captaincy General of Guatemala; 15 September 1821 El Salvador part of 1st Mexican Empire. Then later got independence and creation of Federal Republic of Central America in 1823. Then later dissolved in 1841 creation of El Salvador. 12 Guatemala Belize. New Spain. Captaincy General of Guatemala; 15 September 1821
Peter Gerhard, The North Frontier of New Spain (1982, rev. 1993). David J. Weber, The Mexican Frontier, 1821–1846: The American Southwest Under Mexico (1982). Robert H. Jackson, "Demographic Change in Northwestern New Spain," in The Americas 41: 4 (Apr. 1985): 462-479. Additional Bibliography. Weber, David J., and Jorge Ferreiro.
Map of the Provinces formed from the Captaincy General of Guatemala, including the Kingdom of Mosquitia, up to 1821.. The Captaincy General of Guatemala (Spanish: Capitanía General de Guatemala), also known as the Kingdom of Guatemala (Spanish: Reino de Guatemala), was an administrative division of the Spanish Empire, under the viceroyalty of New Spain in Central America, including the ...
i. Large detailed map of Guatemala with cities and towns. 2417x2489px / 2.61 Mb Go to Map. Administrative map of Guatemala. 2200x2261px / 552 Kb Go to Map. Guatemala physical map. 1405x1327px / 520 Kb Go to Map. Guatemala political map. 1941x2151px / 1.49 Mb Go to Map.
