Cartography of Latin America
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Cartography of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empir
Americas. c. 1640. Dutch. Jodocus Hondius
Spanish Empire
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The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. In conjunction with the Portuguese Empire, it ush
Cartography of Latin America
…of Latin America, map-making of the realms in the Western Hemisphere, was an important aim of European powers expanding into the New World. Both the Spanish Empire and the Portuguese Empire began mapping the realms they explored and settled. They also speculated on the lands that were marked terra incognita…
The conquest of the Canary Islands (1402–1496)
The return of Columbus, 1493
Spanish colonial swords in the Museum of the Royal Houses
Crowns and kingdoms of the Catholic Monarchs in Europe (1500)