Spanish Empire
The British Empire was an imperial complex centered on
The Spanish empire was an imperial complex centered on Spain.
Structure
The empire was principally subdivided into viceroyalties.
New Spain
Theviceroyalty of New Spain was created to oversee all of the New World and Asian colonies. It fell under the purview of the Council of the Indies.
The viceroyalty was then subdivided into several captaincy generals:
Santo Domingo, with a real audiencia also of Santo Domingo
Philippines, with a real audiencia in Manila
- TODO: more!
The viceroys and governor-generals that oversaw these administrations, respectively, were all royal appointments with effectively absolute power. (Governor-generals chaired the corresponding audencias ex officio.)
Peru
New Grenada
In 1777 the viceroyalty of New Spain was split, with most of South America being moved into the new viceroyalty of New Grenada.
The subdivisions were: