Margarita_Province

Margarita Province

Margarita Province

Former province of the Spanish Empire

Margarita Province (1525 - 1864) was one of the provinces of the Spanish Empire, then one of the provinces of Gran Colombia, and later one of the Provinces of Venezuela. In Gran Colombia it belonged to the Orinoco Department which was created in 1824. With the creation of the States of Venezuela in 1864 it became Nueva Esparta.

1840 map by Agostino Codazzi.

Divisions

The Province was named for its most important part, Isla Margarita.

Capital: Asunción.

Cantons:

Governors

A partial list of governors:

More information Term, Governor ...

References

Citations

  1. [1]
    Historia del Municipio Arismendi.
  2. [2]
    Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas: Venezuela Tuya.
  3. [3]
    Eliseo López 1999, p. 116.
  4. [4]
    Hendricks 2012.
  5. [5]
    Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos 1958, p. 511.
  6. [6]
    Henige 1970, p. 307.
  7. [7]
    Eliseo López 1999, p. 160.
  8. [8]
    Marley 2010, p. 271.
  9. [9]
    Eliseo López 1999, p. 237.
  10. [10]
    Salazar 2011, Documentación del Archivo general de Indias, CONTRATACION,5467,N.1.
  11. [11]
    Documentación del Archivo General de Indias, CONTRATACIÓN, 5469, Nº 2, R54 y 5474, N.2, R.3
  12. [12]
    Eliseo López 1999, p. 287 y Documentación del Archivo General de Indias, CONTRATACIÓN,5474,N.2,R.3.

Sources

  • "Andrés Rodríguez de Villegas". Venezuela Tuya. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  • Eliseo López, José (1999). La emigración desde la España penínsular a Venezuela en los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII: without special title. CDCH UCV. p. 160. ISBN 978-980-6061-35-4. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  • Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americanos (1958). Anuario de estudios americanos. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas. Retrieved 2012-09-06.
  • Hendricks, Rick (2012). "Governor Juan de Eulate, 1618-1625: Another Look". New Mexico State Record Center and Archives. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2012-08-29.
  • Henige, David P. (1970). Colonial Governors. p. 307. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  • "Historia del Municipio Arismendi". Buenos Tareas. November 2010. Retrieved 2013-05-22.
  • Marley, David (2010). Pirates of the Americas. ABC-CLIO. p. 270. ISBN 978-1-59884-201-2. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  • Salazar, Verni (12 October 2011). "11 de octubre de 1713: Diego Antonio de Molina, gobernador". Retrieved 2013-05-22.

11°02′N 63°51′W


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