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Post-colonial: Spanish place names that have no history of being used during the colonial period for the place in question or for nearby related places. (Ex: Lake Buena Vista, Florida, named in 1969 after a street in Burbank, California) Non-Spanish: Place names originating from non-Spaniards or in non-historically Spanish areas.
Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina (4 C, 2 P) Arizona (25 C, ... Colony of Santo Domingo ... Pages in category "Former Spanish colonies"
The springs were probably commonly called by the name Santa Monica by the turn of the 19th century. By the 1820s, the name Santa Monica was in use and the name's first official mention occurred in 1827 in the form of a grazing permit, [4] quickly followed by the grant filing for the Rancho Boca de Santa Monica in 1828. [6]
Santa Fe, New Mexico also predates Jamestown, Virginia (of Pocahontas fame, founded in 1607) and Plymouth Colony (of Mayflower, Pilgrims and Thanksgiving fame). In 1566 Pedro Menendez established Fort San Felipe on Santa Elena- which is present day Parris Island near Beaufort, South Carolina. The fort was part of the Spanish King's ongoing ...
Map of old Spanish and Mexican ranchos in Los Angeles County; Groves, Martha (2013-08-12). "Rancho Boca de Santa Monica's family connections: For decades, Ernest Marquez has been researching his family, the family's rancho — Rancho Boca de Santa Monica — and its centuries-long role in California". Archived from the original on 2013-08-13.
Rancho San Vicente y Santa Mónica was a 33,000-acre (130 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Los Angeles County, California given by governor Juan Alvarado in 1839 to Francisco Sepúlveda II, a soldier and citizen of Los Angeles. [1] The rancho included what are now Santa Monica, Brentwood, Mandeville Canyon, and parts of Bel-Air and West ...
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Spanish men and women settled in greatest numbers where there were dense indigenous populations and the existence of valuable resources for extraction. [1] The Spanish Empire claimed jurisdiction over the New World in the Caribbean and North and South America, with the exception of Brazil, ceded to Portugal by the Treaty of Tordesillas. Other ...