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Spanish Main

1525 – 1820
ColonyNorth America

Cartagena, Santa Marta and the Venezuela coast — fortress ports of the treasure route.

Held by Spain through 1800 under the Viceroyalty of New Granada (restored 1739); Blas de Lezo's Cartagena repelled Vernon's armada in 1741.

Borders in 1547 · drawn from 2 sourced border frames
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Borders over time

The atlas holds 2 border frames for Spanish Main — the shape you scrub through changes in 1525 · 1547.

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