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English: Locator map of the Viceroyalty of Peru (initial (1542) and final, before the splitting of the Captaincy General of Chile (1798) de iure (light green) and de facto (dark green).) Date 11 October 2024
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Spanish: Virreinato del Perú), officially known as the Kingdom of Peru (Spanish: Reino del Perú), was a Spanish imperial provincial administrative district, created in 1542, that originally contained modern-day Peru and most of the Spanish Empire in South America, governed from the capital of Lima.
English: Locator map of the Viceroyalty of Peru (initial (1542) and final, before the splitting of the Captaincy General of Chile (1798) de jure territory). Date 15 September 2012, 20:01 (UTC)
The history of Peru spans 15 millennia, [1] extending back through several stages of cultural development along the country's desert coastline and in the Andes mountains. Peru's coast was home to the Norte Chico civilization, the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the six cradles of civilization in the world.
The Real Audiencia of Santa Fe de Bogotá was established in 1549, but became part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada in 1717. It was re-incorporated into the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1723 to 1739. It met in the city of Santa Fe de Bogotá until it was disestablished in 1810. It was briefly re-established between 1816 and 1819.
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This article lists the viceroys of Peru, who ruled the Viceroyalty of Peru from 1544 to 1824 in the name of the monarch of Spain.The territories under de jure rule by the viceroys included in the 16th and 17th century nearly all of South America except eastern Brazil.
The Viceroyalty of Peru (Virreinato del Perú) — Spanish colonial viceroyalty in western South America from 1542 to 1824. Its territories included present day Peru , Colombia , and Chile . From 1542–1776, it included territory in modern Argentina , Uruguay , and Paraguay as well; in 1776, they were split off to the Category:Viceroyalty of ...