Viceroyalty

The Viceroyalty was a local, political, social and administrative institution created by The Spanish Monarchy in the XV century for ruling in its territorial overseas territories.^[1] The administration over the vast territories of the Spanish Empire was carried out by Viceroys who became governors of an area which was considered not as a colony but a province of that empire that had the same rights as any other province in The Metropoli itself.^[2]

Spain

The Spanish Americas consisted of four viceroyalties.

• Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
• Viceroyalty of New Granada
• Viceroyalty of New Spain
• Viceroyalty of Peru

References

1. "viceroyalty". The Free Dictionary.
2. Madariaga, Salvador de (1986). El auge y el ocaso del imperio español en América (Tercera ed.). Madrid: Espasa-Calpe. ISBN 9788423949434.