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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 ...
- New Kingdom of Granada
Because of the slowness in communications between Lima and...
- Republic of New Granada
The Republic of New Granada was a centralist unitary...
- New Kingdom of Granada
Viceroyalty of New Granada, in colonial Latin America, a Spanish viceroyalty that was first established in 1717, suppressed in 1723, and reestablished in 1739. It included present-day Colombia, Panama (after 1751), Ecuador, and Venezuela and had its capital at Santa Fe (present-day Bogota).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Gran Colombia, short-lived republic (1819–30), formerly the Viceroyalty of New Granada, including roughly the modern nations of Colombia, Panama, Venezuela, and Ecuador. In the context of their war for independence from Spain, revolutionary forces in northern South America led by Simón Bolívar laid.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Viceroyalty of New Granada also called Viceroyalty of the New Kingdom of 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.
Following a failed start (1717–1723), the Viceroyalty of New Granada, with its capital in Santa Fe de Bogotá, was reestablished in 1739 both to convert northern South America into an economic asset for Spain and to strengthen its military posture in the face of imminent war.
