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The Spanish East Indies [b] were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed through the captaincy general in Manila for the Spanish Crown, initially reporting to Mexico City, then later directly reporting to Madrid after the Spanish American Wars of Independence.
The Spanish had translated the name into Spanish as "Hermosa" and is what was historically used in Spanish maps and documents about the colony. [2] The Spanish set up a colony in the north of the island in 1626 as part of the Manila-based Spanish East Indies that was also subordinated to New Spain (Mexico) at that time.
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In 1923, Tangier was declared an international city under French, Spanish, British, and later Italian joint administration. In 1926, Bioko and Rio Muni were united as the colony of Spanish Guinea, a status that would last until 1959. In 1931, following the fall of the monarchy, the African colonies became part of the Second Spanish Republic.
Spanish Sahara; Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic; Santa Cruz de la Mar Pequeña; Santa Cruz Islands; Colony of Santiago; Spanish East Indies; Spanish Formosa; Spanish Guinea; Spanish Guyana; Spanish occupation of the Philippines; Spanish protectorate in Morocco; Spanish West Africa; Spanish West Indies; Spice Islands
The Spanish East Indies (1565-1898) — the colonial territories of the Spanish Empire in the Asia-Pacific region. From 1565 to 1821 this colony, and the Spanish West Indies in the Caribbean, were under jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Spain based in Mexico City .
17th c. Dutch map of the Americas Universities founded in Spanish America by the Spanish Empire The empire in the Indies was a newly established dependency of the kingdom of Castile alone, so crown power was not impeded by any existing cortes (i.e. parliament), administrative or ecclesiastical institution, or seigneurial group. [ 65 ]
Royal emblem of the Council of the Indies, as on the frontispiece of the Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias.Madrid, 1774. [1]The Council of the Indies (Spanish: Consejo de las Indias), officially the Royal and Supreme Council of the Indies (Spanish: Real y Supremo Consejo de las Indias, pronounced [reˈal i suˈpɾemo konˈsexo ðe las ˈindjas]), was the most important ...