Francisco Dueñas
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Francisco Dueñas Díaz was a Salvadoran politician and lawyer who served as President of El Salvador on six different occasions between 1851 and 1871. He also served as Vice President of El Salvador fr
Drawing of Dueñas, 1865
Dueñas' tomb in Santa Tecla
New Spain
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New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain, originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. It was one of several
Francisco Dueñas
…in 1884. Dueñas is one of only six Salvadoran presidents to have been re-elected. Francisco Dueñas Díaz was born on 3 December 1810 in San Salvador, New Spain. His father was José Miguel Dueñas and his mother was Secundina Díaz, who were wealthy. Dueñas' ancestors had accumulated their wealth through their…
Pedro Barbaboza Parreño was granted the title of "Contador Mayor" of the Real Audiencia on the 26th of november 1724.
Indigenous man collecting cochineal with a deer tail by José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez (1777). Cochineal was New Spain's most important export product after silver and its production was almost exclusively in the hands of indigenous cultivators
Arrieros in Mexico. Mules were the main way cargo was moved overland, engraving by Carl Nebel
Pedro de Alvarado, one of the first negotiators to hold office in Hibueras where he founded the towns of San Pedro Sula and Guatemala