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Viceroyalty of New Spain: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As Virreinato de Nueva España
Date 1535 - 1821

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Map of the Americas in 1780 showing the Spanish and Portuguese viceroyalties. Spanish territories are shaded in green, including the Viceroyalty of New Spain, Viceroyalty of Peru, Viceroyalty of New Granada, and Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata. Portuguese territory, labeled as the Viceroyalty of Brazil, is shaded in purple. Borders between Spanish and Portuguese lands are marked, with amendments from 1750 and 1778 indicated. British territory is shown in the northern part of North America. Ma
Hand-drawn 1569 map of lands in Tultepec and Jaltocan, Mexico, showing buildings, fields, and plants, with Spanish text and indigenous pictorial symbols illustrating property boundaries.
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