The names in thin type (e.g. VICEROYALTY of PERU, CAPTAINCY
GENERAL
AND PRESIDENCY of CHILE, Audiencia of Lima) are those of the
chief
political divisions under the colonial dominion of Spain about
1790.
For other maps illustrating the period of Spanish and Portuguese
rule
in South America, see pages
108
(
The Age of Discovery 1340-1600),
111
(
The Conquest of Peru 1531-1533),
128
(
The Spread of Colonization 1600-1700),
136
(
The Struggle for Colonial Dominion
1700-1763)
Viceroyalty of New Granada (Virreinato de Nueva Granada)
Audiencia of Santa Fe
Presidency of Quito
Captaincy General and Presidency of Caracas
Dutch Guiana
French Guiana
Audiencia of Lima
Audiencia of Cuzco
Captaincy General and Presidency of Chile
Viceroyalty of Buenos Ayres or La Plata
Audiencia of Buenos Ayres
Portuguese Brazil
Seat of
Government
B - Santa Fe de Bogota
C - Caracas
Ch - Chuquisaca or La Plata
Q - Quito
Lima
Santiago
Bahia
Rio de Janeiro
Buenos Ayres
