Viceroyalty of the Indies

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administrative division territorial entity viceroyalty

The Viceroyalty of the Indies was a major administrative division of the Spanish Empire that governed its vast colonial territories in the Americas and the Philippines from the early 16th to the early 19th century.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Spanish Empire in the Pacific	1
Viceroyalty of the Indies canonical	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	administrative division ⓘ territorial entity ⓘ viceroyalty ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Caribbean islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Central America NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ New Granada NERFINISHED ⓘ New Spain NERFINISHED ⓘ Peru NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Río de la Plata NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwestern regions of present-day United States ⓘ Spanish colonial empire in the Americas ⓘ Spanish colonial empire in the Philippines ⓘ large parts of South America ⓘ
capital	Lima NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexico City NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonizer	Indigenous peoples of the Americas NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine indigenous groups ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ North America ⓘ South America ⓘ
country	Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency	Spanish dollar NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish real ⓘ
dissolved	19th century ⓘ
economy	based on agriculture ⓘ based on mining ⓘ based on trade ⓘ
endTime	early 19th century ⓘ
executiveBody	viceroy and audiencia ⓘ
follows	Council of the Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy	viceroy ⓘ
hasPolicy	encomienda system ⓘ missionary evangelization of indigenous peoples ⓘ repartimiento system ⓘ
heritage	Hispanic culture in the Americas ⓘ Spanish colonial law ⓘ spread of Catholicism in the New World ⓘ
inception	16th century ⓘ
languageUsed	Spanish ⓘ
legislativeBody	Council of the Indies NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialReligion	Roman Catholicism NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Spanish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
reasonForEnd	independence movements in Spanish America ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ
significantEvent	Latin American wars of independence NERFINISHED ⓘ Manila–Acapulco galleon trade NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
startTime	early 16th century ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

María de Toledo y Rojas → associatedWith → Viceroyalty of the Indies ⓘ

Spanish colonial period in the Marianas → partOf → Viceroyalty of the Indies ⓘ

this entity surface form: Spanish Empire in the Pacific