The Devastations of Osorio and the New Spain Situados for Santo Domingo During the Reigns of the House of Habsburg

Authors

  • Rafal Reichert

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18441/ibam.16.2016.63.131-147

Keywords:

Devastations of Osorio, New Spain situado, Hispaniola, 17th Century

Abstract

The Devastations of Osorio is the name of an ordinance by Felipe III that not only changed the administrative and economic situation of the Hispaniola, but also influenced the geopolitics of the Caribbean and changed the Spanish Crown’s defensive strategy in the West Indies. This paper presents various events that led to the abandoning of the Northwestern Band of Hispaniola and the economic and military consequences caused by this depopulation.

Author Biography

Rafal Reichert

Investigador de tiempo completo Titular "B" en Centro de Estudios Superiores de México y Centroamérica de la Universidad de Ciencias y Artes de Chiapas, México.

Doctor en Historia por la UNAM, México.

Licenciatura y Maestría en Arqueología por la Universidad de Varsovia, Polonia.

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Published

2016-11-16

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 63 (2016)

Section

Articles and Essays

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