New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [ 4 ] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.

This flag is the "Cross of Burgundy," one of the standards of Spain used by the Spanish military from the fifteenth century to 1843. The basic pattern is of a red saltire ("cross") resembling two crossed, roughly-pruned branches on a usually white field.

Flags of New Spain. Castile and Leon. Most commonly shown as the flag displayed in New Spain and in Spanish Texas, this banner represented the combined kingdoms of Castile (the castle) and Leon (the lions). Variants using the two symbols were flown by Spanish explorers of the New World including Columbus. (Adapted from C. E. Gilbert Jr.

The newly created Spanish War and Merchant Flag replaced the flags used in New Spain in 1785 and was used until the end of Spanish rule in 1822. The flag was originally chosen by Charles III in 1785 for use in the colonies as a naval and coastal fortifications flag.

The modern-day region of Mexico was originally created as New Spain, after Hernan Cortes conquered the Aztec Empire. At this time, they would use the flag of Spain . After almost 300 years, small riots began in New Spain as a result of Napoleon conquering Spain.

Viceroyalty of New Spain, the first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in the New World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the Isthmus of Panama under Spanish control.

Louisiana (Spanish: La Luisiana, [la lwiˈsjana]), [1] or the Province of Louisiana (Provincia de La Luisiana), was a province of New Spain from 1762 to 1801 primarily located in the center of North America encompassing the western basin of the Mississippi River plus New Orleans.

The Viceroyalty of New Spain was the name of the viceroy-ruled territories of the Spanish Empire in North America and its peripheries in Asia from 1521 to 1821.

Nuevo Reino de Galicia (New Kingdom of Galicia; Galician: Reino de Nova Galicia) or simply Nueva Galicia (New Galicia, Nova Galicia), known in Nahuatl as Chimalhuacán (‘the land of shield bearers’), [1] was an autonomous kingdom of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. [2] . It was named after Galicia in Spain.

Map of the Viceroyalty of New Spain c. 1800. This chapter explores that phenomenon as it played out specifically in the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which encompassed parts of the Southwestern United States, Mexico, and much of Central America.