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    New Spain was the first of the viceroyalties that Spain created, the second being Peru in 1542, following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Both New Spain and Peru had dense indigenous populations at conquest as a source of labor and material wealth in the form of vast silver deposits, discovered and exploited beginning in the mid-1500s.

  2. Apr 12, 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. This later came to include upper and lower California, the area.

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  3. www.wikiwand.com › en › New_SpainNew Spain - Wikiwand

    New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, 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 its capital in Mexico City. Its jurisdiction comprised a large area of the southern and western portions of North America ...

  4. Jun 25, 2020 · This phase marked the birth and growth of New Spain, a colonial entity that would become a cornerstone of the Spanish Empire. Stretching from the modern-day Southwestern United States through Mexico and into parts of the Caribbean, Central, and South America, New Spain was a testament to Spanish ambition and organizational skill.

  5. www.encyclopedia.com › mexican-history › new-spainNew Spain | Encyclopedia.com

    May 18, 2018 · NEW SPAIN. The viceroyalty of New Spain included all of the territory claimed by Spain in North America and the Caribbean from the conquest of the Aztec Empire in the 1520s until the final assertion of Mexican independence in 1821. Although never fully settled or controlled by Spain, this area included the entire modern nation of Mexico, and ...

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