Veracruz was the first Spanish settlement founded in what became New Spain, and it endured as the only viable Gulf Coast port, the gateway for Spain to New Spain.

Oct 7, 2024 · Among these, the Spanish conquests in the Americas stand as a transformative chapter in human history. This period, characterized by bold explorers and intrepid conquistadors, was not just …

The land then fell under Spanish control and New Spain emerged as a crucial new part of the Spanish Empire. Officially called a ‘viceroyalty’, Spanish rule brought dramatic changes to the people and the …

Feb 20, 2026 · 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 …

The territories that became part of the Spanish empire were called New Spain. At its height, New Spain included all of Mexico, Central America to the Isthmus of Panama, the lands that today are the …

Cortés built a new capital—Mexico City—on the ruins of Tenochtitlán and established a Spanish kingdom called New Spain. Cortés was named governor of New Spain in 1523 and began an effort …

At its height, New Spain governed Spanish conquests in northern, southern, and Central America, the Caribbean, and a few territories in the Asia-Pacific region, claiming territory from northern California …

New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several …

New Spain became a vital link between Spain's New World empire and its East Indies empire. From the beginning of the 19th century, the kingdom fell into crisis, aggravated by the 1808 Napoleonic …

During the 16th and 17th centuries, Spanish settlers founded major cities such as Mexico City, Puebla, and Guadalajara, especially the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Martinica which turned New …