Council of the Indies
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The Council of the Indies, officially the Royal and Supreme Council of the Indies, was the most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire for the Americas and those territories it governed,
Royal emblem of the Council of the Indies, as on the frontispiece of the Recopilación de Leyes de los Reynos de las Indias. Madrid, 1774.
The Royal Alcázar of Madrid, residence of the kings of Spain, in which the Council of the Indies was installed until 1701.
Pedro Moya de Contreras, former archbishop of Mexico, President of the Council of the Indies
Luis de Velasco, 1st Marquess of Salinas del Río Pisuerga, Viceroy of New Spain and of Peru, later President of the Council of the Indies
Spanish East Indies
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The Spanish East Indies were the colonies of the Spanish Empire in Asia and Oceania from 1565 to 1901, governed through the captaincy general in Manila for the Spanish Crown, initially reporting to Me
Council of the Indies
…Indias, pronounced ), was the most important administrative organ of the Spanish Empire for the Americas and those territories it governed, such as the Spanish East Indies. The Spanish Crown asserted absolute power over the Indies, and the Council of the Indies was the administrative and advisory body to the Crown in…
Trades in the Manila through the Rio de Pasig.
Infantry army uniforms in the Philippines, 1856
Routes of early Spanish expeditions in the Philippines.
Native Filipino, 1800s.