Everything about The Spanish Main totally explained
The
Spanish Main was the mainland coast of the
Spanish Empire around the
Caribbean. The mainland of what was initially called "Spanish America" (thus, "Spanish Main"), it included
Florida,
Mexico,
Central America and the north coast of
South America. In time it became a general term for the seaways around the Spanish possessions in the Caribbean.
From the
16th to the 18th century the Spanish Main was the point of departure for enormous wealth in the form of
gold,
silver,
gems,
spices,
hardwoods,
hides and other riches.
Major loading ports were
Cartagena de Indias in
New Granada,
Porto Bello on the
Isthmus of Darien and
Veracruz in
New Spain (with wares brought by the
Manila Galleons transported overland from
Acapulco), and from there they were shipped to Spain by the famous
Spanish treasure fleets. This made the Spanish Main a haunt of
pirates and
privateers, and gave the name a notorious and romantic allure.
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