The Spaniards called what is now Mexico.........New Spain..........

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New Spain (Spanish: Nueva España) was the colony comprising Spain's possessions in the New World north of the Isthmus of Panama. It was established following the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire in 1521, and following additional conquests, it was made a viceroyalty (Spanish: virreinato) in 1535.

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New Spain was the name that the Spanish gave to the area that today is central and southern Mexico, and since the capital city of the Viceroyalty was in Mexico City, the name was also used for the viceroyalty.

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The first of the four viceroyalties that Spain created to govern its conquered lands in theNew World. Established in 1535, it initially included all land north of the ...

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A former Spanish viceroyalty (1521-1821) in North America, including the southwest United States, Mexico, Central America north of Panama, and some West ...

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The viceroyalty of New Spain was created when the greatest Aztec city, Tenochtitlan, was defeated in 1521, ending Aztec, or Mexica, civilisation. The first phase ..