Spanish West Indies

E66933

former colony historical region

The Spanish West Indies were Spain’s Caribbean and surrounding mainland colonies that served as a key hub of its early American empire, centered on lucrative sugar, silver, and trade routes.

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All labels observed (8)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish West Indies canonical	26
Spanish Main	5
Spanish Caribbean	3
Caribbean colonies of Spain	2
Hispanic Caribbean	1
Spanish Antilles	1
Spanish Cuba	1
Spanish Jamaica	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former colony ⓘ historical region ⓘ
capital	Havana, Cuba ⓘ surface form: Havana Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ surface form: Santo Domingo
colonizedBy	Spain ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
economyBasedOn	plantation agriculture ⓘ silver trade ⓘ slave labor ⓘ sugar production ⓘ
endTime	late 19th century ⓘ
governedBy	Council of the Indies ⓘ Spanish viceroys and governors ⓘ
hasPart	Cuba ⓘ Hispaniola ⓘ Mainland coastal territories around the Caribbean ⓘ Puerto Rico ⓘ Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic ⓘ surface form: Santo Domingo Spanish Florida ⓘ Trinidad ⓘ
historicalEra	Age of Exploration ⓘ surface form: Age of Discovery Early Modern period ⓘ surface form: Early modern period
influenced	Afro-Caribbean culture ⓘ Caribbean culture ⓘ
influencedBy	Spanish culture ⓘ Spanish law ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
linkedTo	Spanish West Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Spanish Main Spanish galleon trade ⓘ surface form: Spanish treasure fleets transatlantic slave trade ⓘ
locatedIn	Americas ⓘ Caribbean Sea ⓘ
lostTerritoryIn	Spanish–American War ⓘ
majorExport	coffee ⓘ hides ⓘ indigo ⓘ sugar ⓘ tobacco ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Spanish colonization of the Caribbean ⓘ Spanish–American War ⓘ Wars of independence in Spanish America ⓘ
sovereignState	Spain ⓘ
startTime	after 1492 ⓘ late 15th century ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Caribbean sea lanes ⓘ protection of silver routes from the Americas to Spain ⓘ
usedAs	colonial administrative region ⓘ naval base network ⓘ trade hub ⓘ

Referenced by (40)

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

Viceroyalty of Peru → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Isla Nena → region → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Caribbean

El Draque → associatedWithRegion → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Main

Juan de Prado Malleza Portocarrero y Luna → historicalRegion → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Laws of the Indies → appliesToTerritory → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish West Indies → linkedTo → Spanish West Indies self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Main

Habsburg Spain → hasPart → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Negrismo → hasMainRegion → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hispanic Caribbean

Captaincy General of Venezuela → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Upper Peru → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

New Kingdom of Granada → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Battle of Porto Bello (1739) → location → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Main

Battle of Cartagena de Indias → theater → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Main

Battle of Puerto Cabello → theatre → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Main

Spanish conquest of Cuba → historicalRegion → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish Caribbean defensive system → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish Colonial architecture → usedInTerritory → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean colonies of Spain

Captaincy General of Cuba → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Isabel de Bobadilla → governedColony → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Cuba

Real y Supremo Consejo de Indias → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Caribbean

La Nueva Isabela → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Captain General of Cuba → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Audiencia of Santo Domingo → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish Florida → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Little War → territorialContext → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Marquess of Jamaica → linkedToColonialAdministration → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Jamaica

Marquess of Jamaica → associatedColony → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Columbus family → associatedWith → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Caribbean

Crown of Spain → hasPart → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Antilles

English conquest of Jamaica → relatedTo → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish colonial period in Jamaica → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish overseas territories → includedTerritory → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Province of Trinidad → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Province of Margarita → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Secretary of State for the Indies → appliesToJurisdiction → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Spanish colonial road system → geographicScope → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Caribbean colonies of Spain

La Florida → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ

Isla de San Ildefonso → partOf → Spanish West Indies ⓘ