New Philippines

New Spain in 1794, with its province of New Philippines to its northeast, in light orange, west of Spanish Louisiana, in purple

The New Philippines (Spanish: Nuevas Filipinas or Nuevas Philipinas) was the abbreviated name[a] of a territory in New Spain. Its full and official name was Nuevo Reino de Filipinas.[2][b]

The territory was named in honor of its sovereign, King Philip V of Spain.[4] The New Philippines ceased to be a legal entity upon the extinction of New Spain in 1821.

  1. ^ "El Nuevo Reino de Filipinas" [The New Kingdom of Philippines]. Manila Bulletin. Gale OneFile: News: Manila Bulletin Publishing Corp. 24 September 2014. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
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  4. ^ Guadalupe Curiel Defossé (2007). "The Relación geográfica e histórica de la provincia de Texas o Nuevas Filipinas: 1673-1779. A Manuscript from the Franciscan Archive of the National Library" [The Relación geográfica e histórica de la provincia de Texas o Nuevas Filipinas: 1673-1779. A Manuscript from the Franciscan Archive of the National Library]. Boletín del Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliográficas (in Spanish). XII, New Epoch (1–2). Footnote 6: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México: 35. Retrieved 30 August 2021. renombrada Nuevas Filipinas en el XVIII, en honor del monarca español Felipe V{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: location (link)


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