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Spanish East Indies
The
Spanish East Indies
() were the Spanish territories in
Asia-Pacific
from 1565 until 1899. They comprised the
Philippine Islands
,
Guam
and the
Mariana Islands
, the
Caroline Islands
(
Palau
and the
Federated States of Micronesia
), and for some time parts of
Formosa
(
Taiwan
) and the
Moluccas
(
Indonesia
).
Cebu
was the first seat of government, later transferred to
Manila
. From 1565 to 1821 these territories, together with the
Spanish West Indies
, were administered through the
Viceroyalty of New Spain
based in
Mexico City
.
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