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The Spaniards, by virtue of the Bull or Grant the Pope made them, of all Discoveries to the Westward of the Azores, looked upon themselves to be entitled to all America formerly, insisting that all other Nations were thereby absolutely excluded from…

Not far from the Eastern coast of Yucatan he discovered the Isle of Cozumel , which is still subject to Spain.

Not far from the Eastern coast of Yucatan he discovered the Isle of Cozumel , which is still subject to Spain.

And first, I shall describe the Spanish Dominions /strong> in America, which comprehend, 1. Old Mexico<, or New Spain; 2. New Mexico<; and 3. Florida (in North America;) 4. Terra Firma : 5. Peru; 6. Chili; 7. Patagonia, or The Terra…

The Spaniards claimed the Bay of Mexico – the French, notwithstanding, settled in Lousiana in 1696, when suspecting their intention, the former, in two ships with 150 soldiers got into the mouth of the river Mississippi before them.

In the mean time, I shall apply myself to enquire into the present State of the Spanish  Territories in America, describing the several Subdivisions of that Empire; and first treat of that of Mexico, or New Spain .

In the year of 1519, Ferdinando Cortez set sail from Spain, with a Fleet of thirteen Ships, and landed in the Island of Cozumel, on the east Side of that Part of the Continent called Yucatan from which Island the Spaniards invaded the Continent, and…

In the year of 1519, Ferdinando Cortez set sail from Spain, with a Fleet of thirteen Ships, and landed in the Island of Cozumel, on the east Side of that Part of the Continent called Yucatan from which Island the Spaniards invaded the Continent, and…

The great Idea conceived of those Parts increased at this Time by what those Soldiers related, who accompanied Francisco Fernandez de Cordoba in the Discovery of Yucatan , a Peninsula scituate [sic.] on the Confines of New Spain .