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Maps were very much a part of the self-representations of Spain, which was able to show itself as an Atlantic empire through the cartographic lens. Through their efforts and ambitions, which were visually recorded on the relatively few Spanish maps that survived, Spain was able to facilitate a persistence of cultural trends. [ 20 ]
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.
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Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:08, 27 May 2022: 863 × 443 (6.05 MB): RustyRapier: Reverted to version as of 20:39, 28 November 2017 (UTC). Comment of last revision was "Removed coasts explored" but it instead removed distinction between portuguese territory and spanish empire territory, colouring all as spanish territory and removing portuguese mainland (despite the ...
Spain lost French Flanders and northern part of the Principality of Catalonia. 1665: Philip IV died. [10] The Spanish Empire had reached approximately 12.2 million square kilometers (4.7 million square miles) in area 1668: The Treaty of Lisbon was signed. Spain recognized the sovereignty of Portugal's new ruling dynasty, the House of Braganza ...
New Spain was the first of the viceroyalties that Spain created, the second being Peru in 1542, following the Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire. Both New Spain and Peru had dense indigenous populations at conquest as a source of labor and material wealth in the form of vast silver deposits, discovered and exploited beginning in the mid-1500s.
The Spanish Empire abroad became the source of Spanish wealth and power in Europe. But as precious metal shipments rapidly expanded late in the century it contributed to the general inflation that was affecting the whole of Europe. Instead of fueling the Spanish economy, American silver made the country increasingly dependent on foreign sources ...
Territories of the Portuguese empire during the Iberian Union (1580-1640) Territories until the Treaties of Utrecht - Baden (1713–1714) Territories until the Spanish American wars of independence (1808–1833)