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The 110 pages that link to Spanish Empire, each with the reason it gives.

• Twelve Years' TruceRelated: Spain negotiated the truce while retaining its claim to the rebellious provinces.

• Antonio José de SucreCompared with: Sucre’s campaigns directly challenged Spanish imperial authority in South America.

• Joanna of CastileNarrower topic: The crowns inherited through Joanna became the base of Charles I's expanding empire.

• Spanish cuisineNarrower topic: Its trade networks moved ingredients across oceans and altered Spanish food supplies.

• Treaty of CórdobaNarrower topic: Córdoba’s disputed authority reflected Spain’s effort to retain control over its empire.

• Túpac Amaru IINarrower topic: Spanish imperial rule created the institutions and extraction that the rebellion opposed.

• ColonizationBroader topic: Spanish conquest and settlement created a major early modern model of overseas colonial rule.

• Dominican Restoration WarRelated: Spain reincorporated the Dominican Republic as part of its imperial expansion.

• Treaty of AlcáçovasNarrower topic: Castile’s recognized Canary Islands claim became part of Spain’s Atlantic imperial foothold.

• Treaty of Madrid (1750)Narrower topic: Spain negotiated the agreement to define its South American possessions in relation to Portugal.

• Treaty of ZaragozaRelated: The settlement limited Spain’s immediate claim to the Moluccas while leaving its Pacific ambitions intact.

• British HondurasCompared with: Spanish claims repeatedly constrained British settlement before British rule was formalized.

• Spanish HabsburgsNarrower topic: The Spanish Habsburgs ruled the empire during its expansion and much of its global reach.

• Andrea DoriaRelated: Doria’s fleet service supported Charles V’s Mediterranean strategy and imperial interests.

• Captaincy General of VenezuelaNarrower topic: The captaincy general was one of its regional governing units.

• Great Siege of MaltaRelated: Spanish power supplied the relief force that helped save Malta.

• Pedro Sarmiento de GamboaNarrower topic: Sarmiento’s expedition served the empire’s effort to protect its Pacific possessions.

• Ambrogio SpinolaNarrower topic: Its rulers offered Spinola the military command and titles that defined his public career.

• Arauco WarNarrower topic: The war exposed limits on the empire's ability to impose control in its American territories.

• Battle of PrevezaRelated: Spanish Habsburg forces supplied a major contingent to the Christian alliance.

• ConquistadorNarrower topic: Conquistador campaigns helped establish the empire’s American territories.

• Francisco de MirandaRelated: Miranda sought to dismantle Spanish sovereignty in the Americas.

• Francisco de OrellanaNarrower topic: Orellana’s discoveries were made in the service of Spanish imperial expansion.

• Pedro de ValdiviaNarrower topic: The crown's imperial claims framed Valdivia's conquest and colonial governorship.

• Spanish dollarNarrower topic: Its territories and trade networks enabled the coin’s wide distribution.

• Spanish RenaissanceNarrower topic: Imperial wealth and exchange broadened the political and material setting for cultural change.

• Battle of DjerbaNarrower topic: The loss tested Spain’s ability to defend distant Mediterranean possessions.

• Battle of RocroiRelated: Rocroi damaged the military prestige of one of Europe’s dominant powers without ending its empire.

• RexurdimentoNarrower topic: Galician’s reduced literary and administrative status developed within Spain’s longer political history.

• AsunciónNarrower topic: Asunción began as a Spanish colonial settlement within this empire.

• Pedro Fernandes de QueirósNarrower topic: The crown authorized and financed the expedition Queirós led.

• ValparaísoNarrower topic: Valparaíso served as a coastal settlement within Spain’s colonial Pacific holdings.

• War of Jenkins' EarNarrower topic: Spain's successful defense of key Caribbean ports preserved its position in the region.

• Álvaro de Mendaña de NeiraNarrower topic: Mendaña’s expeditions sought to extend Spanish influence across the Pacific.

• Diego Velázquez de CuéllarNarrower topic: Velázquez’s governorship extended Spanish imperial rule into Cuba.

• English overseas possessionsCompared with: Spanish claims and settlements often competed with English expansion in the Americas.

• Global silver tradeNarrower topic: Imperial power organized much of the mining, taxation, and shipping of American silver.

• Hispanic AmericaNarrower topic: Its American possessions supplied the political framework from which Hispanic America emerged.

• History of SpainBroader topic: Imperial expansion transformed Spain’s finances, society, and relations with Europe and the Americas.

• Antonio de UlloaNarrower topic: Ulloa’s naval, scientific, and administrative service took place across this empire.

• Lope de AguirreNarrower topic: His rebellion directly rejected the monarch’s authority over Spain’s American possessions.

• Spanish architectureRelated: Imperial wealth and overseas territories broadened Spanish architectural patronage and influence.

• Stato da MàrCompared with: Its Atlantic-centered imperial geography differed sharply from Venice’s network of Mediterranean possessions.

• Thomas CavendishRelated: Cavendish targeted Spanish ports and shipping during England’s conflict with Spain.

• Alonso de Guzmán y SotomayorNarrower topic: The Armada's failure affected perceptions of the empire but did not end Spanish power.

• Alonso de OjedaNarrower topic: Ojeda’s expeditions advanced the empire’s earliest territorial claims in South America.

• Culture of SpainNarrower topic: Imperial expansion shaped Spain’s historical memory and relationships with the wider world.

• Domestic canaryRelated: Spanish control of the Canary Islands helped bring the wild bird into European trade.

• Esteban de DorantesRelated: Spanish imperial expansion created the expeditions in which Esteban was compelled to serve.

• Eugenio EspejoNarrower topic: Colonial rule shaped the censorship and political constraints surrounding Espejo’s work.