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Bolivian–Peruvian Territorial Dispute
The Bolivian–Peruvian territorial dispute was a territorial dispute between Bolivia and Peru that lasted from the former's Bolivian War of Independence, independence in 1825 to the signing of the #Polo–Bustamante Treaty, Polo–Bustamante Treaty in 1909. Spanish era On November 20, 1542, in Barcelona, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King Charles I of Spain ordered, by New Laws, Royal Decree, the creation of the Viceroyalties of Viceroyalty of Peru, Peru and Viceroyalty of New Spain, New Spain. On September 4, 1559, King Philip II of Spain, Philip II created, as part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Real Audiencia of Charcas. Viceroy Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva, Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco indicated the jurisdiction of this entity from the "city of Sucre, La Plata with more than one hundred leagues of land around each part". Years later, new territories would be integrated, until its territory was defined "from Collao to the City of La Plata". On August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolivian–Peruvian Territorial Dispute
The Bolivian–Peruvian territorial dispute was a territorial dispute between Bolivia and Peru that lasted from the former's Bolivian War of Independence, independence in 1825 to the signing of the #Polo–Bustamante Treaty, Polo–Bustamante Treaty in 1909. Spanish era On November 20, 1542, in Barcelona, Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, King Charles I of Spain ordered, by New Laws, Royal Decree, the creation of the Viceroyalties of Viceroyalty of Peru, Peru and Viceroyalty of New Spain, New Spain. On September 4, 1559, King Philip II of Spain, Philip II created, as part of the Viceroyalty of Peru, the Real Audiencia of Charcas. Viceroy Diego López de Zúñiga, 4th Count of Nieva, Diego López de Zúñiga y Velasco indicated the jurisdiction of this entity from the "city of Sucre, La Plata with more than one hundred leagues of land around each part". Years later, new territories would be integrated, until its territory was defined "from Collao to the City of La Plata". On August ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viceroyalty Of The Río De La Plata
The Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata ( es, Virreinato del Río de la Plata or es, Virreinato de las Provincias del Río de la Plata) meaning "River of the Silver", also called "Viceroyalty of the River Plate" in some scholarly writings, in southern South America, was the last to be organized and also the shortest-lived of the Viceroyalties of the Spanish Empire in the Americas. The name ''"Provincias del Río de la Plata"'' was formally adopted in 1810 during the Cortes of Cádiz to designate the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata The Viceroyalty was established in 1776 from several former Viceroyalty of Perú dependencies that mainly extended over the Río de la Plata Basin, roughly the present-day territories of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay, extending inland from the Atlantic Coast. The colony of Spanish Guinea (present-day Equatorial Guinea) also depended administratively on the Viceroyalty of Rio de la Plata. Buenos Aires, located on the western sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Fernando De Abascal Y Sousa
José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, 1st Marquess of Concordia, KOS ( es, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, primer Marqués de la Concordia), (sometimes spelled ''Souza'') (June 3, 1743 in Oviedo, Asturias, Spain – June 30, 1821 in Madrid) was a Spanish military officer and colonial administrator in America. From August 20, 1806, to July 7, 1816, he was viceroy of Peru, during the Spanish American wars of independence. Background Abascal was born into a noble family. At the age of 19 he entered the army. After serving for 20 years he was promoted to colonel, and later in the war against France, to brigadier. In 1796 he took part in the defense of Havana against the British. Three years later he was named commanding general and intendant of Nueva Galicia (western Mexico). He took up that office in 1800. In 1804 he was named viceroy of Río de la Plata in Buenos Aires. He never took possession of the office, because in the same year (1804) he was named viceroy of Peru. As viceroy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
May Revolution
The May Revolution ( es, Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25, 1810, in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata. This Spanish colony included roughly the territories of present-day Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and parts of Brazil. The result was the removal of Viceroy#Spanish Empire, Viceroy Baltasar Hidalgo de Cisneros and the establishment of a local government, the Primera Junta (''First Junta''), on May 25. The May Revolution was a direct reaction to Peninsular War, Napoleon's invasion of Spain. In 1808, King Ferdinand VII of Spain Abdications of Bayonne, abdicated in favor of Napoleon, who granted the throne to his brother, Joseph Bonaparte. A Supreme Central and Governing Junta of the Kingdom (Spain), Supreme Central Junta led resistance to Joseph's government and the French occupation of Spain, but eventually suffered Peninsular War#Corunna campaign, 1808–1809, a se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chukuwitu District
Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) Images [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pawqarqulla District
Paucarcolla District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in southeastern Peru. Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...). INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) References {{coord, 15.7462, ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Intendancy Of Puno
The Intendancy of Puno ( es, Intendencia de Puno), also known informally as Puno Province ( es, Provincia de Puno), was one of the territorial divisions of the Spanish Empire in the Altiplano region, initially as part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata and later of the Viceroyalty of Peru. The territory was ruled from San Carlos de Puno. It was created in 1784 and remained in Spanish hands until December 27, 1824, when Brigadier Pablo Echevarría handed over the city of San Carlos de Puno to General Rudecindo Alvarado. Since then it became the department of Puno, within the Republic of Peru. History On December 22, 1574, Viceroy Francisco Álvarez de Toledo reorganized the '' corregimientos'' (townships) of the Viceroyalty of Peru, placing the Indian townships of Chucuito and Paucarcolla under the jurisdiction of the ''corregidor'' of La Paz, and those of Collasuyo del Collao (Azángaro), Urcosuyo in Collao (Lampa) and Carabaya, under the jurisdiction of that of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cusco
Cusco, often spelled Cuzco (; qu, Qusqu ()), is a city in Southeastern Peru near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region and of the Cusco Province. The city is the list of cities in Peru, seventh most populous in Peru; in 2017, it had a population of 428,450. Its elevation is around . The city was the capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th century until the 16th-century Spanish conquest of Peru, Spanish conquest. In 1983, Cusco was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO with the title "City of Cuzco". It has become a major tourist destination, hosting nearly 2 million visitors a year. The Constitution of Peru (1993) designates it as the Historical Capital of Peru. Spelling and etymology The indigenous name of this city is . Although the name was used in Southern Quechua, its origin is found in the Aymara language. The word is derived from the phrase ('rock of the owl'), related to the city's foundation myth of the Ayar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abascal
Abascal is a Spanish surname, derived from the village of Abascal de Lemos in the municipality of Arredondo in Cantabria, Spain.https://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=abascal The name of the village, in turn, has Basque roots and is composed of two words meaning "priest" (''abas'') and "street" (''kale''). Notable people with the surname include: * Adriana Abascal (born 1970), Mexican model *Alejandro Abascal (born 1952), Spanish sailor *Amelia Abascal (1923-?), Mexican painter, sculptor and ceramist * Carlos Abascal (1949-2008), Mexican secretary of state * Francis Abascal (born 1966), Spanish former footballer * Gonzalo Abascal (born 1990), Chilean footballer *Graciela Abascal (1939-2020), Mexican artist *Guille Abascal (born 1989), Spanish footballer and manager * José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa (1743–1821), Spanish viceroy of Peru *José Manuel Abascal (born 1958), Spanish runner * Mar Abascal (born 1980), Spanish television actress * Marco Abascal (born 1960), Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chile
Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. Chile covers an area of , with a population of 17.5 million as of 2017. It shares land borders with Peru to the north, Bolivia to the north-east, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south. Chile also controls the Pacific islands of Juan Fernández, Isla Salas y Gómez, Desventuradas, and Easter Island in Oceania. It also claims about of Antarctica under the Chilean Antarctic Territory. The country's capital and largest city is Santiago, and its national language is Spanish. Spain conquered and colonized the region in the mid-16th century, replacing Inca rule, but failing to conquer the independent Mapuche who inhabited what is now south-central Chile. In 1818, after declaring in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Southern Brazil
The South Region of Brazil (; ) is one of the five regions of Brazil. It includes the states of Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, and Santa Catarina, and covers , being the smallest region of the country, occupying only about 6.76% of the territory of Brazil. Its whole area is smaller than that of the state of Minas Gerais, in Southeast Brazil, for example. It is a tourist, economic and cultural pole. It borders Uruguay, Argentina, and Paraguay, as well as the Centre-West and Southeast regions, and the Atlantic Ocean. The region is considered the safest in Brazil to visit, having a lower crime rate than other regions in the country. History Pre-Columbian history By the time the first European explorers arrived, all parts of the territory were inhabited by semi-nomadic hunter-gatherer native tribes. They subsisted on a combination of hunting, fishing, and gathering. Portuguese colonization European colonization in Southern Brazil started with the arrival of Portuguese and Sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paraguay
Paraguay (; ), officially the Republic of Paraguay ( es, República del Paraguay, links=no; gn, Tavakuairetã Paraguái, links=si), is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. It has a population of seven million, nearly three million of whom live in the capital and largest city of Asunción, and its surrounding metro. Although one of only two landlocked countries in South America (Bolivia is the other), Paraguay has ports on the Paraguay and Paraná rivers that give exit to the Atlantic Ocean, through the Paraná-Paraguay Waterway. Spanish conquistadores arrived in 1524, and in 1537, they established the city of Asunción, the first capital of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata. During the 17th century, Paraguay was the center of Jesuit missions, where the native Guaraní people were converted to Christianity and introduced to European culture. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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