What were the Spanish holdings in the New World?
Spanish holdings in the New World (the European term for North and South America) during the colonial period were called New Spain. They included territories that are today the southwestern United States, all of Mexico, Central America as far south as the Isthmus of Panama, Florida, many islands in the West Indies (in the Caribbean Sea), and the Philippine Islands in the Pacific Ocean. Spain also claimed territory in northern and western South America. Further Information: Gold and Silver: Spain and the New World. [Online] Available http://quartz.ucdavis.edu/~GEL115/115CH8.html, October 22, 2000; National Park Service. Spain in the New World to 1600.
