Captaincy General of Santo Domingo

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The Captaincy General of Santo Domingo was a major Spanish colonial administrative district in the Caribbean centered on the island of Hispaniola, serving as an early hub of Spanish governance and expansion in the Americas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish colonial administrative division ⓘ
former political entity ⓘ
administrativeCenter Santo Domingo ⓘ
administrativeHierarchy under authority of the Council of the Indies ⓘ
administrativeLeaderTitle governor and captain general ⓘ
borderedBy French colonial possessions on Hispaniola (later period) ⓘ
capital Santo Domingo ⓘ
colonialPower Spain ⓘ
continent North America ⓘ
country Spanish Empire ⓘ
currency Spanish real ⓘ
economicActivity cattle ranching ⓘ
gold mining (early period) ⓘ
sugar production ⓘ
establishedBy Catholic Monarchs ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ
governmentType colonial administration ⓘ
includedTerritory eastern Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Hispaniola

nearby Caribbean islands at various times ⓘ
parts of western Hispaniola at various times ⓘ
judicialAuthority Audiencia of Santo Domingo ⓘ
language Spanish ⓘ
legalSystem Castilian law ⓘ
locatedIn Caribbean ⓘ
locatedOn island of Hispaniola ⓘ
linked to: Hispaniola
militaryLeaderTitle captain general ⓘ
militaryRole defense of Spanish Caribbean possessions ⓘ
namedAfter Saint Dominic ⓘ
city of Santo Domingo ⓘ
partOf Spanish West Indies ⓘ
Viceroyalty of New Spain ⓘ
population Spanish colonists ⓘ
enslaved Africans ⓘ
indigenous Taíno (early period) ⓘ
predecessor Columbus’s governorship in Hispaniola ⓘ
Governorate of the Indies ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
role base for Spanish expansion in the Caribbean ⓘ
center of Spanish authority on Hispaniola ⓘ
hub of early Spanish governance in the Americas ⓘ
sovereignState Spanish Empire ⓘ
strategicImportance control of sea routes between Europe and the Americas ⓘ
gateway to the American mainland for Spain ⓘ
successor Captaincy General of Cuba ⓘ
French colony of Saint-Domingue ⓘ
Spanish colony of Santo Domingo ⓘ
timePeriod early modern period ⓘ

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La Nueva Isabela → partOf → Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Audiencia of Santo Domingo → appliesToJurisdiction → Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Colony of Jamaica → predecessor → Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Juan Pablo Duarte → placeOfBirth → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
linked to: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
captain general → historicallyUsedIn → Spanish Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
linked to: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Francisco del Rosario Sánchez → placeOfBirth → Santo Domingo, Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
linked to: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Matías Ramón Mella → birthPlace → Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ
Francisco de Bobadilla → sphereOfInfluence → Caribbean colonies of Castile ⓘ
linked to: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Captaincy General of Santo Domingo → successor → Spanish colony of Santo Domingo ⓘ
linked to: Captaincy General of Santo Domingo
Viceroyalties and captaincies general of Spain → includes → Captaincy General of Santo Domingo ⓘ