NORTH AMERICA

1655

NEWFOUNDLAND
15830805 Avalon Peninsula claimed
St. John's
as English Colony
16100502 "London & Bristol Co."
Proprietary Colony over Avalon
16230407 "Province of Avalon"
Avalon
16371113 Newfoundland Proprietary
Colony, included Avalon Pen.
Peninsula

ACADIA
16040626 French Colony,
under New France

Quebec

Unexplored and unclaimed NEW FRANCE

15980112 Lieutenant-General of New France
16270429 "New France Co."
Governor and Lieutenant-General of N. F.
Port-Royal

Indian Lands

IROQUOIS 1652
UNITED COLONIES
FIVE NATIONS
1570 "League of Peace and Power" OF NEW ENGLAND
"New England Confederation"
ONEIDA
MOHAWK MASS. BAY
16060410 "Virginia Co. of Plymouth"
16430519 Alliance of the colonies of Mass.,
Plymouth, Conn. and New Haven
16201103 "Council for N. England"
16290304 Corporate Colony
Boston
ONONDAGA

Fort Orange 1639 Plymouth

Providence
SENECA
CAYUGA
Hartford
PLYMOUTH
(Albany) 1629
16201121 Self-government
1643 16300113 Corporate Colony

CONN. PROVIDENCE
New Haven
PLANTATIONS 1650

NEW 16370820 Self-government

16430114 Corporate Colony

NETHERLAND NEW HAVEN

CONN.
16210603 "Dutch West India Co."
16240823? New Netherland
1650 16390604 Self-government

New Amsterdam 16360303 Self-government

NEW (New York)

SWEDEN
16370000 "New Sweden Co."
1642

16380329 Colony
Ft. Nassau N.Neth.
Fort Christina
1632 MARYLAND
16320620 Proprietary Colony
(Wilmington)
1642

1632
Zwaanendael
(Lewes)
N.Neth.
1632
St. Mary's City

VIRGINIA
16060410 "Virginia Co. of London"
16090523 Reorganization of the Company
16190730 Colonial elected legislature
16240616 Royal Colony
Jamestown

1609 Bermuda Is.

Santa Fe 1612 to England. Subordinated
1610 to Colony of Virginia

NUEVO MÉXICO
15980711 Gobernación

St. Augustine
FLORIDA
15650828 to the Real Audiencia and
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo,
under dependency of Cuba

NUEVA VIZCAYA
LEGEND 15620624 Gobierno

Natural political boundary Eleuthera Is.

1647 to England

Established political boundary

Disputed political boundary Monterrey

1596

Established administrative boundary NUEVO REINO

Culiacán DE LEÓN
Undefinided administrative boundary to Nueva Galicia 15790531 Gobierno

(Obsolete boundaries during the period, in red) AUDIENCIA OF

GUADALAJARA
Durango 15480213
1563

Nombre de Dios La Habana

Alcaldía disputed by Nueva Vizcaya
and Nueva Galicia and administered VICEROYALTY 1519
directly by the Viceroyalty LA HABANA
OF NEW SPAIN 15350101
16071008 Gobernación

15740601 Gobernación and Captaincy General

of FILIPINAS (Philippines) included
15830505 Audiencia of Manila under Audiencia
of México
I. de la Tortue San Juan
COLOTLÁN CUBA
1640 to France
1521
1590 Gobierno
Colotlán 1579 Captaincy General
SANTIAGO DE CUBA
16071008 Gobernación

NUEVA GALICIA
15480213 Gobierno SANTO DOMINGO PUERTO
Compostela 1535 Captaincy General
RICO
Until 1560 capital of
the Audiencia Santiago de Cuba Santo Domingo
1580 Captaincy General
Alcaldías Mayores y Corregimientos 1587
1496

Guadalajara Mérida
1560

TLAXCALA
15850510 Gobierno
YUCATÁN JAMAICA
COLIMA
México 15600109 to Mexico out of
Gobernación

Villa de1534la Vega

AUDIENCIA OF
1574 to the Audiencia of Guadalajara
but administered by Mexico Tlaxcala Veracruz the Audiencia of Guatemala
1617 "Captaincy General" SANTO DOMINGO
GOB. DE 15260914

AUDIENCIA OF MÉXICO VERACRUZ

15271213

Acapulco
CIUDAD DE LOS REYES 1564-1568 boundary between Audiencia
Y PUERTO DE ACAPULCO of Mexico and Audiencia of Panamá

Curaçao and
Alcaldías Mayores y Corregimientos COMAYAGUA Bonaire Is.
1634 to Neth.

I. NEW SPAIN Ocelocalco

(Honduras)
1552 Gobernación
in 1654 1611
MÉXICO 1527 Aud. Comayagua
NUEVA ESPAÑA 1529 Capt.-Gral. SOCONUSCO
1561 Gobernación Gracias Alcaldía Mayor
Tlaxcala 1585 Gob. Guatemala a Dios
Acapulco ¿? Gob. II. NEW SPAIN Capital of the Audiencia
de los Confines
(Tegucigalpa)
Veracruz ¿? Gob. in 1654
Nvo. México 1598 Gob. Caracas
GUATEMALA 1568 Aud. and 1609 Capt.-Gral. 1534
Yucatán 1617 Prov. and Capt.-Gral.
Soconusco 1561 Gob. AUDIENCIA AND
Nvo. Reino de León 1579 Gob. CAPTAINCY GRAL. OF
GUADALAJARA 1548 Aud. Comayagua 1552 Gob.
NVA. GALICIA 1548 Gob. and Capt.-Gral.? Nicaragua 1524 Gob. GUATEMALA
15421120 "Audiencia de los Confines".
Corregimientos León
Colotlán 1590 Gob. Costa Rica 1574 Gob. Yucatán, Cozumel, Tabasco and Castilla 1524
del Oro (Panamá) included
Nva. Vizcaya 1562 Gob. STO. DOMINGO 1526 Aud. and 1535 Capt.-Gral. 15640517 the Audiencia was suppressed CARACAS
15680628 the Audiencia re-established as 1527 Province
Caracas and other Provs. "Audiencia of Guatemala". Yucatán, Cozumel,
CUBA 1579 Capt.-Gral. Tabasco and Panamá excluded
1609 Captaincy General of Guatemala Corregimientos
La Habana 1607 Gob. NICARAGUA
Santiago de Cuba 1607 Gob. 1565 Gobernación
Other Provinces of the
Florida 1565 Missions Terr. Audiencia of Santo Do-
PUERTO RICO 1580 Capt.-Gral. mingo not shown in the
Alcaldía map:
FILIPINAS (MANILA) 1583 Aud. and 1574 Capt.-Gral. COSTA RICA MARGARITA (1525)
Mayor 1574 Gobernación
(Nicoya) TRINIDAD (1532)
Cartago CUMANÁ (1536)
1563
GUAYANA (1591)

Corregimientos
VICEROYALTY
OF PERU 15421120

Joaquín de Salas Vara de Rey

20091015 jqvaraderey@terra.es