Spanish Pacific territories

E616450
former colonial territory overseas possession

The Spanish Pacific territories were Spain’s far‑flung colonial possessions across the Pacific Ocean, including areas such as the Philippines, Guam, and the Mariana Islands, administered as part of its overseas empire.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Spanish Pacific Islands 1

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former colonial territory ⓘ
overseas possession ⓘ
administrativeCenter Manila NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizingPower Crown of Castile NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Spain ⓘ
economicActivity galleon trade ⓘ
silver trade ⓘ
endDate 1899 ⓘ
endEvent Treaty of Paris (1898) and German–Spanish Treaty (1899) NERFINISHED ⓘ
governingUnit Captaincy General of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Spanish East Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalEra 19th century imperialism ⓘ
Age of Discovery NERFINISHED ⓘ
Early Modern period ⓘ
surface form: Early modern period
includedTerritory Caroline Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Easter Island (claimed but not effectively occupied) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gilbert Islands (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Guam NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marquesas Islands (early claim) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Marshall Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Micronesia NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nauru (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Guinea (partial early claim) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Northern Mariana Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Palau NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
Solomon Islands (early claim) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wake Island (claimed) NERFINISHED ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
linkedRoute Acapulco–Manila trade route NERFINISHED ⓘ
Manila galleon NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Pacific Ocean ⓘ
partOf Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
startDate 1565 ⓘ
startEvent Establishment of Spanish rule in the Philippines by Miguel López de Legazpi ⓘ
successorState Germany (Caroline Islands, Palau, Marshall Islands, Northern Marianas except Guam) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Japan (later control over several former Spanish Pacific islands) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Philippines (independent state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States (Philippines, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands) NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish Pacific territories ⓘ
Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish Pacific territories ⓘ
this entity surface form: Spanish Pacific Islands