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Province of Tierra Firme

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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.
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When the Central American states gained independence, the precise frontiers were unclear. For example, some ancient maps and historical references suggest that the entire Caribbean coast as far as Cabo Gracias a Dios was part Tierra Firme or
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This territorial division set the basis for the Hispanic administration of South America for several decades. It was formally dissolved in 1544, when King Charles I sent his personal envoy,
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L'Histoire du Nouveau Monde ou description des Indes Occidentales, contenant dix-huict livres... enrichi de nouvelles tables geographiqiues & figures des animaux, plantes & fruicts
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Le Canal De Panama, L Isthme Americain explorations : Comparaison des Traces Etudies, Nnégociations; Etats des Travaux, Libraire Hachette Et C, Paris, 1886;
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that were never under the effective rule of Tierra Firme. Disputes over both of Panama's frontiers were finally solved by agreements with
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El Canal De Panama, Itsmo Americano. Exploraciones; Comparaciones de los trazados Estudiados; negociaciones; estados de los trabajos
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on the Pacific side. Between these limits lie Santa Maria La Antigua Del Darien on the Gulf of Urabá and
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as far as Cabo Gracias a Dios. The eastern frontier of Tierra Firme also included the east side of the
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Spain's New World Empire coastal possessions surrounding the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico
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Tierra Firme later received control over other territories: the Isla de Santiago (now
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river. The idea was to create a unitary administrative organization similar to
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Old map of Tierra Firme, showing the initial divisions of the region
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Diaz, B., 1963, The Conquest of New Spain, London: Penguin Books,
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After the territorial division of South America between Spain and
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Coast, Central America, the Pacific Coast of Colombia and Mexico.
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to colonize the territories between the west side of the
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Recordando La Guerra de Coto en el Centenario de Panama
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Tierra Firma item Nuevo Reyno de Granada atque Popayan
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The Province of Tierra Firme, or simply 193:• Creation of the Viceroyalty of Peru 972:States and territories established in 1510 57: 1002:1510 establishments in the Spanish Empire 997:1530s disestablishments in South America 744:Actas del Cabildo de Ponce, Puerto Rico. 599: 570: 1032:Subdivisions of the Viceroyalty of Peru 987:1537 disestablishments in North America 750: 628:Province of Tierra Firme, included the 889: 825:("History of Panama"), Ninth Edition. 393:were referred to collectively as the 992:1510 establishments in South America 982:1510 establishments in North America 897:Spanish colonization of the Americas 756: 604:The administrative division and the 449:. In 1509, authority was granted to 385:coastal possessions surrounding the 967:Former countries in Central America 720: 13: 1027:16th century in the Spanish Empire 612:prior to the establishment of the 14: 1043: 864: 761:. 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Cross of Burgundy flag
Cross of Burgundy
Spanish map of the Tierra Firme
Crown of Castile
Santa María la Antigua del Darién
Panama City
Spanish
Catholicism
King
Ferdinand II
Isabella I
Charles I
Spanish Empire
Peso
Kalinago
Emberá people
Guna people
Wayuu people
Zenú
Ngäbe people
Viceroyalty of Peru
Captaincy General of Venezuela
New Kingdom of Granada
Spain's New World Empire
mainland
Caribbean Sea
Gulf of Mexico
Spanish Main
southern portion of these coastal possessions
Spanish

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