<Li> Santa Fe de Nuevo México </Li> <Li> Captaincy General of the Philippines (administered by New Spain from 1565 to 1821, then after Mexican independence transferred to and directly administered by Madrid until 1898) </Li> <Li> Captaincy General of Cuba (until 1898)--Included in this captaincy general until 1819 was La Florida, Spain's North American colonies in what is now the southeastern United States . </Li> <Li> Captaincy General of Puerto Rico (until 1898) </Li>

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