The Californias (historical)

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former Spanish colonial territory historical region

The Californias (historical) refers to the vast Spanish colonial-era region along the Pacific coast of North America that later divided into Alta California (now U.S. California and surrounding areas) and Baja California (now in Mexico).

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
California (historical)	1
The Californias (historical) canonical	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former Spanish colonial territory ⓘ historical region ⓘ
administrativeCenter	Loreto NERFINISHED ⓘ Monterey NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	Mexican War of Independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican–American War NERFINISHED ⓘ
borderedBy	Gulf of California NERFINISHED ⓘ Pacific Ocean ⓘ Sonoran Desert NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains	Alta California NERFINISHED ⓘ Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ Las Californias Province NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Viceroyalty of New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
dividedInto	Alta California NERFINISHED ⓘ Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroups	Indigenous peoples of California NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonists ⓘ mestizo population ⓘ
exploredBy	Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo NERFINISHED ⓘ Sebastián Vizcaíno NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerStatus	frontier region of the Spanish Empire ⓘ province of New Spain ⓘ
formerSubregion	Alta California NERFINISHED ⓘ Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	Spanish ⓘ
laterControlledBy	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	North America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay	Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Pacific coast of North America ⓘ
missionSystem	Spanish missions in California NERFINISHED ⓘ
nameOrigin	derived from the legendary island of California in Spanish literature ⓘ
partOf	New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ
presentDaySuccessor	Mexican state of Sinaloa NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican state of Sonora ⓘ State of Arizona NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Baja California NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Baja California Sur NERFINISHED ⓘ State of California NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Colorado NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Nevada NERFINISHED ⓘ State of New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Texas NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Utah NERFINISHED ⓘ State of Wyoming NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
timePeriod	Spanish colonial era ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

Loreto, Baja California Sur → capitalOf → The Californias (historical) ⓘ

Jeana Yeager → residence → The Californias (historical) ⓘ

this entity surface form: California (historical)