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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 62. Chapters: Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, Juan Bautista de Anza, New Spain, Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico, Gadsden Purchase, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Apache Wars, Eusebio Kino, Ewing Young, Taos Revolt, Chihuahua Trail, Thomas Tate Tobin, Pope, Nueva Vizcaya, New Spain, Laws of the Indies, Jornada del Muerto, Nicolas de Aguilar, Tompiro Indians, Chamuscado and Rodriguez Expedition, Spanish missions in New Mexico, Provincias Internas, Army of the West, Spanish governors of New Mexico, Second Battle of Mora, Josiah Gregg, Silvestre Velez de Escalante, Francisco Atanasio Dominguez, Kearny Code, Fajada Gap. Excerpt: New Spain, formally called the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: ), was a viceroyalty of the Spanish colonial empire, comprising primarily territories in what was known then as ‘America Septentrional’ North America. Its capital was Mexico City, formerly Tenochtitlan, capital of the Aztec Empire. New Spain was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and at its greatest extent included much of North America south of Canada: all of present-day Mexico and Central America (except Panama), most of the United States west of the Mississippi River and the Floridas. New Spain also included the Spanish East Indies (Philippine Islands, Mariana Islands, the Caroline Islands, Taiwan, and parts of the Moluccas) and the Spanish West Indies (Cuba, Hispaniola with Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, and the Bay Islands). Administrative units included Las Californias (present-day California, Nevada, Baja California, and Baja California Sur), Nueva Extremadura (including the present-day states of Coahuila and Texas), and Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico (including parts of Texas and New Mexico). New Spain was the first of four viceroyalties created to govern Spain’s for…
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