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The Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España), was the political unit of Spanish territories in North America and Asia-Pacific. The territory included a fort on Vancouver Island, the present-day Southwestern United States, Mexico, Central America (except Panama), the Caribbean, the Philippines, Guam and the Mariana Islands, and most of Micronesia.
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It was ruled by a viceroy from Mexico City who governed on behalf of the King of Spain. The Viceroyalty of New Spain lasted from 1535 to 1821.[1]

Many records of New Spain can be found at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville, Spain, or at archives in Mexico.
New Spain in 1819 after the Adams–Onís Treaty.

Sources

  1. ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "Viceroyalty of New Spain," in Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Spain (accessed May 2, 2009).
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