Spain's New World Empire coastal possessions surrounding the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
Province of Tierra Firme
Provincia de Tierra Firme
1498–1542
Cross of Burgundy
Spanish map of the Tierra Firme
Status
Province of the Crown of Castile
Capital
Santa María la Antigua del Darién Panama City
Common languages
Spanish
Religion
Catholicism
Government
Monarchy
King
• 1492-1516
Ferdinand II and Isabella I
• 1516–1556
Charles I
Historical era
Spanish Empire
• Established
1498
• Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru
1542
Currency
Peso
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kalinago
Emberá people
Guna people
Wayuu people
Zenú
Ngäbe people
Viceroyalty of Peru
Captaincy General of Venezuela
New Kingdom of Granada
During Spain's New World Empire, its mainland coastal possessions surrounding the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico were referred to collectively as the Spanish Main. The southern portion of these coastal possessions were known as the Province of Tierra Firme (Spanish: Provincia de Tierra Firme), or the "Mainland Province" (as contrasted with Spain's nearby insular colonies).[1]: 15 The Province of Tierra Firme, or simply Tierra Firme, was also called Costa Firme.[2]
^Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books, ISBN 0140441239
^Ilia del Toro Robledo. Actas del Cabildo de Ponce, Puerto Rico. Ponce, Puerto Rico: Gobierno Municipal Autónomo de Ponce. Comisión Puertorriqueña para la Celebración del Quinto Centenario del Descubrimiento de America y Puerto Rico, en Conmemoración del Encuentro de Dos Mundos. 1993. Acta # 136 of 28 October 1821. p. 207.
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