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The Americas towards the year 1800, the colored territories were considered provinces in some maps of the Spanish Empire. The Spanish Empire in 1898. In 1808, Napoleon maneuvered to place the Spanish king under his control, effectively seizing power without facing resistance.
In this gallery of seven maps, we examine the vast overseas territories of the Spanish Empire from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The empire reached its height during the Age of Exploration and included regions in the Americas, Asia, Africa, and the Pacific.
The Spanish Empire began when separate kingdoms on the Iberian Peninsula united to form the Kingdom of Spain. The empire reached its zenith in the mid-to-late 16 th century. In the 19 th century, however, Spain’s empire began to decline rapidly as its colonies became independent countries.
Anachronous map of the Crown of Aragon. Spain led European global exploration and colonial expansion in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Trade flourished across the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Toppling the Aztec and Inca civilizations, Spain laid claim to vast territories in North and South America.
Map of the Spanish empire at its greatest extent in 1790. The Colonization of the West Indies (The Caribbean Islands) Isabela was the first colony in the New World founded by the Spanish Empire.
Media in category "Maps of the Spanish Empire" The following 44 files are in this category, out of 44 total. 1967 data of Spain and Portugal.jpg 4,320 × 2,879; 2.86 MB
16th-century maps of the Spanish Empire. From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Habsburg Monarchy · Holy Roman Empire · Ottoman Empire · Prussia · Grand Duchy of Moscow · Tsardom of Russia · Spanish Empire ·.