At its greatest extent, the Spanish crown claimed on the mainland of the Americas much of North America south of Canada, that is: all of modern Mexico and Central America except Panama; most of the United States west of the Mississippi River, plus the Floridas.

The new borders intruded on Arkansaw Territory's Miller County, created on April 1, 1820, which dipped below the Red River and into land ceded to Spain. However, the remoteness of the region caused no serious conflict with Spain.

Jun 25, 2020 · Explore the rich history of New Spain, a crucial era marked by dramatic exploration, cultural fusion, and the birth of empires. Discover how this period shaped the Americas and left a lasting legacy in our world today.

The history of mainland New Spain spans three hundred years from the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire (1519–21) to the collapse of Spanish rule in the Mexican War of Independence (1810–21).

May 18, 2018 · Although never fully settled or controlled by Spain, this area included the entire modern nation of Mexico, and Central America north of what is now Panama. New Spain also encompassed Florida and much of the western portion of what became the United States, including California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas.

At its height, New Spain included all of Mexico, Central America to the Isthmus of Panama, the lands that today are the southwestern United States and Florida, and much of the West Indies (islands in the Caribbean Sea). (It also included the Philippines, off the coast of southeast Asia.)

Spanish exploitation and Indigenous revolt characterizes much of the northern frontier's colonial history. Driven by self-interest, Spaniards set their sights on the region soon after their conquest of central Mexico hoping to “discover” and extract resources.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the Spanish and later the Mexican governments were concerned over the fact that the northern frontier provinces of New Spain or Mexico were underpopulated and thus vulnerable to foreign invasion and occupation.

Officially titled the United Mexican States and born out of the collapse of New Spain, the modern federal republic of Mexico sits in the upper-central area of Central America. It borders the USA to the north and Guatemala and Belize to the south, with the Gulf of Mexico on its eastern flank and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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...