Castilla del Oro

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Castilla del Oro was an early 16th-century Spanish colonial territory in Central America, centered in present-day Panama and parts of neighboring regions, that served as a key base for exploration and conquest in the New World.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Castilla del Oro canonical 2
Castilla de Oro 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial territory ⓘ
historical region ⓘ
adminCenterInitially Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ
adminCenterLater Panama City ⓘ
administrativeChange incorporated into the Viceroyalty of Peru ⓘ
superseded by the Real Audiencia of Panama ⓘ
associatedWithExplorer Francisco Pizarro ⓘ
Hernán Ponce de León ⓘ
Rodrigo de Bastidas ⓘ
Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
borderedBy Nueva Andalucía ⓘ
linked to: New Andalusia

Veragua ⓘ
capital Panama City ⓘ
Santa María la Antigua del Darién ⓘ
colonialAdministration Council of the Indies ⓘ
colonialPower Crown of Castile ⓘ
country Crown of Castile ⓘ
currency Spanish real ⓘ
demographics Spanish settlers ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
indigenous peoples of the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
economy encomienda-based agriculture ⓘ
gold extraction ⓘ
endTime 1538 ⓘ
event crossing of the Isthmus of Panama ⓘ
exploration of Pacific coast of the Americas ⓘ
firstGovernor Diego de Nicuesa ⓘ
governorTitle Governor of Castilla del Oro ⓘ
historicalEra Age of Discovery ⓘ
linked to: Age of Exploration

Spanish colonization of the Americas ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
locatedIn Central America ⓘ
locatedInPresentDay Colombia ⓘ
Costa Rica ⓘ
Nicaragua ⓘ
Panama ⓘ
namedBy Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
namedFor gold ⓘ
notableGovernor Pedrarias Dávila ⓘ
Vasco Núñez de Balboa ⓘ
partOf Indies ⓘ
Spanish Empire ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
servedAs base for Spanish exploration of the Pacific Ocean ⓘ
staging area for conquest of the Inca Empire ⓘ
sovereignState Spain ⓘ
startTime 1510 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pedro Arias Dávila → areaOfInfluence → Castilla del Oro ⓘ
Pedrarias Dávila → governedTerritory → Castilla del Oro ⓘ
Acla → regionHistorically → Castilla de Oro ⓘ
subject linked to: Acla (exact location unknown)
linked to: Castilla del Oro