Columbian Viceroyalty
The Columbian Viceroyalty, Viceroyalty of India or First Viceroyalty in the Indies is the name that designates the number of titles and rights granted to Christopher Columbus by the Catholic Monarchs in 1492 on the lands discovered and undiscovered, before embarking on his first trip that culminated in the colonization of the Americas.
Columbian Viceroyalty | |||||||||||
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| Status | Colony of the Spanish Empire | ||||||||||
| Capital | Santo Domingo | ||||||||||
| Common languages | Spanish | ||||||||||
| Demonym(s) | Columbian | ||||||||||
| Government | Monarchy | ||||||||||
| King | |||||||||||
• 1493–1516 | Ferdinand II and Isabella I (first) | ||||||||||
• 1516-1535 | Charles I (last) | ||||||||||
| Viceroy | |||||||||||
• 1493–1500 | Christopher Columbus | ||||||||||
• 1526–1535 | Diego Columbus de facto | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
• Human settlement | Before 1493 | ||||||||||
| 1492 | |||||||||||
• European settlement | 1492 | ||||||||||
• Creation of the Viceroyalty of New Spain | 1535 | ||||||||||
| Currency | Santo Domingo real | ||||||||||
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