Spanish empire

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Spanish Empire at its greatest extent, 1790 #map #spain #world

Spanish empire at its greatest extent before being gutted in the Napoleonic wars

Spanish Bourbon Infantry at Almansa, War of the Spanish Succession

In the 1500's, Spain claimed a vast Empire stretching from California to South America. In time, it divided into 5 provinces, the most important were New Spain (Mexico) and Peru.

'BATTLE OF LEPANTO The Battle of Lepanto was a naval engagement that took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, of which the Venetian Empire and the Spanish Empire were the main powers, inflicted a major defeat on the fleet of the Ottoman Empire in the Gulf of Patras, where Ottoman forces sailing westward from their naval station in Lepanto met the fleet of the Holy League sailing east from Messina, Sicily. The Holy League was a coalition of European... World History

Spain's colonial empire was one of the largest in the world. But, like many former empires, it was founded on the exploration and exploitation of new lands and resources and grew rapidly in size and power. The Spanish empire controlled colonies in North America, South America, Africa, and Asia, making it one of the most diverse and far-reaching empires in history. Indeed, at the height of the Spanish Empires' power, it controlled 35 colonies that spanned every continent on earth…