New Spain
Also known as: Viceroyalty of New Spain · Nueva España · Nueva Espana · Spanish Mexico · Spanish Central America · Spanish America · Colonial Mexico · Colonial Central America
- 1Existed as a formal entity from 1521 until 1821.
- 2Governed from the capital city of Mexico City.
- 3Included diverse territories such as California, Florida, Louisiana, and Spanish Formosa.
- 4Administered by the Habsburg dynasty during its formative centuries.
- 5Exercised jurisdiction over Pacific archipelagos including the Philippines and Guam.
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.
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primary field of missionary and academic activity
Alonso de Veracruz spent the majority of his career in New Spain, where he advocated for indigenous rights and developed educational systems.
geographical context of the author's research
Mercado spent significant time in Mexico, where he observed the commercial practices and monetary issues of the Spanish colonial economy firsthand.
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was a vast and integral administrative division of the Spanish Empire, established in the wake of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. Centered in Mexico City, this territory served as the primary seat of Spanish power in North America, functioning under the authority of the Habsburg monarchy for much of its existence.
New Spain in 1794Wikimedia Commons; Milenioscuro; Own work HGIS de las Indias Españolas, 1701-1808 Atlas Ilustrado de los Pueblos de Indios de la Nueva España, 1800 Atlas Histórico Mundial El Virreinato de la Nueva España, ahora México, 1786-1821 Divisiones política de México...Anachronistic map of New Spain, built from Image:New_Spain.png by myself and released on multi-licence (GFDL and CC-BY 2.5). This image includes the territory of Louisiana, annexed to the Spanish Empire in 1763 after the Seven Years' War, but then given back to France in 1801. The areas in light green were territories...Wikimedia Commons; Eddo; Own work File:BlankMap-World-90W.svg File:New Spain.png File:Nueva España 1795.png File:Spanish Provinces in the Pacific.png; CC BY-SA 3.0; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P242 (locator map image)Flag with the cross of Burgundy ( saltire ). Also named Cross of Burgundy flag . It was used in the Catholic Monarchy and in its viceroyalties such as New Spain and Peru . It was also used by Spain as a military or king's personal flag. Used by the Carlist movement.Wikimedia Commons; Ningyou .; Own work; Public domain; Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata P41 (flag image) At its peak, the jurisdiction of New Spain was immense, encompassing modern-day Mexico, the Southwestern United States, and parts of Central America. Its reach extended across the Pacific to include the Philippines and Guam, as well as various islands in the Caribbean. This expansive network facilitated the administration of diverse colonial interests, ranging from resource extraction to the establishment of strategic trade routes across the globe.