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New Spain
New Spain
was the colony comprising Spain's possessions in the
New World
north of the
Isthmus of Panama
. It was established following the
Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire
in 1521, and following additional conquests, it was made a
viceroyalty
(Spanish:
virreinato
) in 1535. The first of four viceroyalties Spain created in the Americas, it comprised
Mexico
,
Central America
, much of the
Southwestern
and
Central United States
, the
Spanish West Indies
,
Spanish Florida
, and eventually, the
Philippines
and other Pacific islands.
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