New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [4] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.

Jan 21, 2024 · English: Maps of the Spanish colonial Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España) of 1535—1821 in North America.

Feb 7, 2024 · In this gallery of seven maps, we examine the vast overseas territories of the Spanish Empire from the late 15th century to the 19th century. The empire reached its height during the Age of Exploration...

Viceroyalty of New Spain, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control.

Jul 1, 2022 · A map depicting the Viceroyalty of New Spain (the first of four viceroyalties that the Spanish Crown established to govern its conquests) which, at its height, comprised five royal audiencias and over twelve Catholic dioceses covering vast and diverse territories that included present-day Mexico, Central America, Cuba, Santo Domingo, Puerto ...

A detailed 1769 map of the internal provinces of New Spain (Northern Mexico and Southwest United States) prepared as a result of the 1766-1768 expedition to survey presidios and defenses of northern New Spain.

Apr 6, 2022 · In The Mapping of New Spain, Barbara Mundy illuminates the complex cultural negotiations that colonists and indigenes undertook in mapping the colony. Her book explains both the Amerindian (Aztec, Mixtec, and Zapotec) and the Spanish traditions represented in these early colonial maps, and traces the gradual reshaping of indigene world views in ...

A map of New Spain, from 160 to 380 North latitude reduced from the large map / drawn from astronomical observations at Mexico in the year 1804, by Alexandre de Humboldt. This beautiful map of Mexico was originally produced in 1804, by Alexander von Humboldt.

This map illustrates 1600's New Spain. Areas from New Mexico, California, Baja California to Durango, Guanajuato, Puebla and through to Honduras are shown. City/town names, and rivers are indicated.

The map depicts the features and settlements of New Spain and Nueva Galicia with most comprehensive cartographic knowledge that would not be surpassed for several centuries. It became the source for Mercator and the Blaue Atlas Maiore, as well as the cartographic products generated by the famous Dutch map engravers well into the 1770s.