The Devastations of Osorio and the New Spain Situados for Santo Domingo During the Reigns of the House of Habsburg

The Devastations of Osorio is the name of an ordinance by Felipe III that not only changed the administrative and economic situation of the Hispaniola, but also influenced the geopolitics of the Caribbean and changed the Spanish Crown’s defensive strategy in the West Indies. This paper presents vari...

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Main Author: Rafal Reichert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Iberoamericana / Vervuert 2016-11-01
Series:Iberoamericana. América Latina - España - Portugal
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Online Access:http://journals.iai.spk-berlin.de/index.php/iberoamericana/article/view/1541