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New Spain

by Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker

An introduction to the Viceroyalty of New Spain

Cite this page as: Dr. Lauren Kilroy-Ewbank and Dr. Steven Zucker, "New Spain," in Smarthistory, February 24, 2017, accessed August 20, 2018, https://smarthistory.org/new-spain/.

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