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Spanish Main, the Glossary

During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Main was the collective term for the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico.^[1]

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Age of Sail
Anti-piracy
Colonial Central America
Colonial Venezuela
Economic history of Spain
Gulf Coast of Mexico
Gulf Coast of the United States
History of Latin America
History of New Spain
Naval warfare of the Early Modern period
Piracy in the Atlantic Ocean
Sea lanes
Viceroyalty of New Granada

Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.

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Attack on Veracruz

The attack on Veracruz was a 1683 raid against the port of Veracruz, in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (colonial Mexico).

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Battle in the Bay of Matanzas

The Battle in the Bay of Matanzas was a naval battle in Cuba during the Eighty Years' War in which a Dutch squadron was able to defeat and capture a Spanish treasure fleet.

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Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586)

The Battle of Cartagena de Indias (1586) or the Capture of Cartagena de Indias was a military and naval action fought on 9–11 February 1586, of the recently declared Anglo-Spanish War that resulted in the assault and capture by English soldiers and sailors of the Spanish colony city of Cartagena de Indias (now part of Colombia) governed by Pedro de Bustos on the Spanish Main.

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Buccaneer

Buccaneers were a kind of privateer or free sailors particular to the Caribbean Sea during the 17th and 18th centuries. Spanish Main and Buccaneer are piracy in the Caribbean.

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Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean in the tropics of the Western Hemisphere.

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Carl O. Sauer

Carl Ortwin Sauer (December 24, 1889 – July 18, 1975) was an American geographer.

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Central America

Central America is a subregion of North America.

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Colombia

Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with insular regions in North America.

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Dutch West India Company

The Dutch West India Company or WIC (Westindische Compagnie) was a chartered company of Dutch merchants as well as foreign investors, formally known as GWC (Geoctrooieerde Westindische Compagnie; Chartered West India Company).

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Far East

The Far East is the geographical region that encompasses the easternmost portion of the Asian continent, including East, North, and Southeast Asia.

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Francis Drake

Sir Francis Drake (1540 – 28 January 1596) was an English explorer and privateer best known for his circumnavigation of the world in a single expedition between 1577 and 1580.

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Galleon

Galleons were large, multi-decked sailing ships developed in Spain and first used as armed cargo carriers by Europeans from the 16th to 18th centuries during the Age of Sail and were the principal vessels drafted for use as warships until the Anglo-Dutch Wars of the mid-17th century.

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Gemstone

A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, semiprecious stone, or simply gem) is a piece of mineral crystal which, when cut or polished, is used to make jewelry or other adornments.

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Gold

Gold is a chemical element; it has symbol Au (from the Latin word aurum) and atomic number 79.

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Gulf of Mexico

The Gulf of Mexico (Golfo de México) is an ocean basin and a marginal sea of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly surrounded by the North American continent.

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Hardwood

Hardwood is wood from angiosperm trees.

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Henry Morgan

Sir Henry Morgan (Harri Morgan; – 25 August 1688) was a Welsh privateer, plantation owner, and, later, Lieutenant Governor of Jamaica. Spanish Main and Henry Morgan are piracy in the Caribbean.

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Henry Morgan's Panama expedition

Henry Morgan's Panama expedition also known as the Sack of Panama, was an expedition that took place between 16 December 1670 and 5 March 1671 during the later stage of the Anglo-Spanish War. Spanish Main and Henry Morgan's Panama expedition are piracy in the Caribbean.

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Hide (skin)

A hide or skin is an animal skin treated for human use.

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History of the Caribbean

The history of the Caribbean reveals the significant role the region played in the colonial struggles of the European powers since the 15th century. Spanish Main and history of the Caribbean are history of the Atlantic Ocean.

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Isthmus of Panama

The Isthmus of Panama (Istmo de Panamá), also historically known as the Isthmus of Darien (Istmo de Darién), is the narrow strip of land that lies between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean, linking North and South America.

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Laurens de Graaf

Laurens Cornelis Boudewijn de Graaf (c. 1653 – 24 May 1704) was a Dutch pirate, mercenary, and naval officer in the service of the French colony of Saint-Domingue during the late 17th and early 18th century.

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List of wars involving Spain

This is a list of wars and armed conflicts fought by the Kingdom of Spain, its predecessor states or in Spanish territory.

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Llama

The llama (Lama glama) is a domesticated South American camelid, widely used as a meat and pack animal by Andean cultures since the pre-Columbian era.

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Mainland

Mainland is defined as "relating to or forming the main part of a country or continent, not including the islands around it." The term is often politically, economically and/or demographically more significant than politically associated remote territories, such as exclaves or oceanic islands situated outside the continental shelf.

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Manila galleon

The Manila galleon (Galeón de Manila; Galyon ng Maynila), originally known as La Nao de China, and Galeón de Acapulco,. Spanish Main and Manila galleon are colonial Mexico, history of New Spain, sea lanes and Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Maracaibo

Maracaibo (Marakaaya) is a city and municipality in northwestern Venezuela, on the western shore of the strait that connects Lake Maracaibo to the Gulf of Venezuela.

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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Mule

The mule is a domestic equine hybrid between a donkey and a horse.

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New Spain

New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Virreinato de Nueva España; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain. Spanish Main and New Spain are colonial Mexico, history of New Spain, Spanish West Indies and Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Orinoco Delta

The Orinoco Delta is a vast river delta of the Orinoco River, located in eastern Venezuela.

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Panama

Panama, officially the Republic of Panama, is a country in Latin America at the southern end of Central America, bordering South America.

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Piracy

Piracy is an act of robbery or criminal violence by ship or boat-borne attackers upon another ship or a coastal area, typically with the goal of stealing cargo and other valuable goods.

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Piracy in the Caribbean

The era of piracy in the Caribbean began in the 1500s and phased out in the 1830s after the navies of the nations of Western Europe and North America with colonies in the Caribbean began hunting and prosecuting pirates. Spanish Main and piracy in the Caribbean are piracy in the Atlantic Ocean and Spanish West Indies.

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Portobelo, Colón

Portobelo (Modern Spanish: "Puerto Bello" ("beautiful port"), historically in Portuguese: Porto Belo) is a historic port and corregimiento in Portobelo District, Colón Province, Panama.

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Potosí

Potosí, known as Villa Imperial de Potosí in the colonial period, is the capital city and a municipality of the Department of Potosí in Bolivia.

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Privateer

A privateer is a private person or vessel which engages in maritime warfare under a commission of war.

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Province of Tierra Firme

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. Spanish Main and Province of Tierra Firme are colonial Central America, colonial Venezuela and Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Raid on Cartagena de Indias (1697)

The raid on Cartagena de Indias was a successful attack by the French on the fortified city of Cartagena de Indias, on 6 May 1697, as part of the War of the Grand Alliance.

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Silver

Silver is a chemical element; it has symbol Ag (derived from Proto-Indo-European ''*h₂erǵ'')) and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it exhibits the highest electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, and reflectivity of any metal. The metal is found in the Earth's crust in the pure, free elemental form ("native silver"), as an alloy with gold and other metals, and in minerals such as argentite and chlorargyrite.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Spanish colonization of the Americas

The Spanish colonization of the Americas began in 1493 on the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic) after the initial 1492 voyage of Genoese mariner Christopher Columbus under license from Queen Isabella I of Castile. Spanish Main and Spanish colonization of the Americas are colonial Mexico, history of New Spain and Spanish West Indies.

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Spanish dollar

The Spanish dollar, also known as the piece of eight (real de a ocho, dólar, peso duro, peso fuerte or peso), is a silver coin of approximately diameter worth eight Spanish reales.

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Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire, sometimes referred to as the Hispanic Monarchy or the Catholic Monarchy, was a colonial empire that existed between 1492 and 1976. Spanish Main and Spanish Empire are Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Spanish Florida

Spanish Florida (La Florida) was the first major European land-claim and attempted settlement-area in northern America during the European Age of Discovery. Spanish Main and Spanish Florida are Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Spanish language

Spanish (español) or Castilian (castellano) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from the Vulgar Latin spoken on the Iberian Peninsula of Europe.

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Spanish treasure fleet

The Spanish treasure fleet, or West Indies Fleet (Flota de Indias, also called silver fleet or plate fleet; from the plata meaning "silver"), was a convoy system of sea routes organized by the Spanish Empire from 1566 to 1790, which linked Spain with its territories in the Americas across the Atlantic. Spanish Main and Spanish treasure fleet are age of Sail, Anti-piracy, history of New Spain, history of international trade, history of the Atlantic Ocean, sea lanes, Spanish West Indies and Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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Spanish West Indies

The Spanish West Indies, Spanish Caribbean or the Spanish Antilles (also known as "Las Antillas Occidentales" or simply "Las Antillas Españolas" in Spanish) were Spanish territories in the Caribbean. Spanish Main and Spanish West Indies are history of New Spain and Spanish colonization of the Americas.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main

Also known as Spanish maine.

, Texas, University of California Press, University of Nebraska Press, Venezuela, Veracruz (city), World History Encyclopedia.

Spanish Main, the Glossary

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See also

Age of Sail

Anti-piracy

Colonial Central America

Colonial Venezuela

Economic history of Spain

Gulf Coast of Mexico

Gulf Coast of the United States

History of Latin America

History of New Spain

Naval warfare of the Early Modern period

Piracy in the Atlantic Ocean

Sea lanes

Viceroyalty of New Granada

References