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The new design thus notably paved the way to the outbreak of the First Carlist War. [22] While Jorge de Burgos' design of provincial Spain suppressed enclaves, it did keep the ones located in Basque territories—Trucios in Biscay, and Treviño in Álava. According to the new arrangement, the Basque enclaves were to be attached to the closer ...
This term is used for those territories that have been a part of Spain since the formation of the modern country (1492–1556), as opposed to African territories acquired by Spain during the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Scramble for Africa.
Map English short, formal names, and ISO Ruling power Status [20] Domestic short name(s) and formal name(s) Capital Population Area [14] Currency Canary Islands Autonomous Region of the Canary Islands ES-CN Spain: Autonomous community of Spain: Spanish: Islas Canarias: Santa Cruz and Las Palmas [22] Spanish: Santa Cruz de Tenerife and Las ...
The Viceroyalty of New Spain was created by royal decree on October 12, 1535, in the Kingdom of New Spain with a viceroy appointed as the king's "deputy" or substitute. This was the first New World viceroyalty and one of only two that the Spanish Empire administered in the continent until the 18th-century Bourbon Reforms .
Spanish colonies in Africa in 1950. Spanish Africa may refer to: Spanish North Africa (disambiguation) Contemporary Spanish North Africa, i.e. Spain's autonomous cities. Ceuta, on the north coast of Africa; Melilla, on the north coast of Africa; Plazas de soberanía, sovereign territories scattered along the Mediterranean coast bordering Morocco
Spanish North Africa may refer to: Contemporary Spanish North Africa: Spain's two autonomous cities: Ceuta and Melilla, plus other minor territories (plazas de soberanía) Canary Islands; Historical Spanish North Africa (1913–1975); former Spanish colonies in Northern Africa, part of the Plazas y Provincias Africanas: Spanish Morocco; Spanish ...
English: 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 claimed by Spain.
Pre-conquest ethno-demographic map of the area that was to become 'New Galicia" Spanish exploration of the area began in 1531 with Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán's expedition. . He named the main city founded in the area Villa de Guadalajara after his birthplace and called the area he conquered "la Conquista del Espíritu Santo de la Mayor España" ("the Conquest of the Holy Spirit of Greater Spain