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The Historical Background.
The original users of the name Villavicencio Villavicencio Spain Iberian Peninsula from the Muslims) that expelled the Muslim authority from Portugal Granada Granada Spain Aragon
During the reign of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella, the monarchy sent exploration voyages across the oceans. This was the start of the Age of Exploration which created the Spanish Empire as the largest empire in the history of the world. The exploration to the western hemisphere across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 under Christopher Columbus lead to the discovery of the Americas New World . Earlier in 1402, Castille had also colonized the Canary Islands during the time of Henry III.
In the 16th century, Spain Caribbean islands, the Aztec and Incan empires. Spain Far East under the expedition of Ferdinand Magellan which led to the discovery of the Philippines March 16, 1521 and the colonization of the Philippines Guam and other islands. By the 17th century, the Spanish empire included the Netherlands Luxembourg Belgium Italy Germany France
The reconquistadors became conquistadors. These Spanish conquerors and colonizers included the descendants of the Villavicencio
As trade across the Atlantic between Spain New World became very profitable, a new trade route across the Pacific was established. This gave birth to the Manila-Acapuldo Galleon Trade which lasted for 250 years. Products traded from East Asia sailed on the galleons from Manila Acapulco Spain Europe .
With the numerous territories under the Spanish Empire, the monarchy designated a “viceroy” to run the affairs of its “viceroyalty” (colonies or territories). The viceroyalty includes the following:
●Viceroyalty of New Spain which governed from its capital based in Mexico City Mexico Spain North America , most of the United States Mississippi River and southern Canada California Nevada New Mexico Texas Louisiana Florida Vancouver Mexico Baja California , Baja California Mexico
The Viceroyalty of New Spain also included Central America – Nueva Extremadura (Chile) but excluding Panama; the Spanish East Indies – Philippines, Guam, Caroline Islands, Taiwan, Sabah and parts of the Moluccas or Spice Islands (Indonesia); the Spanish West Indies – Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Trinidad, Bay Islands (Honduras). The ViceRoyalty of the East Indies was governed by the viceroyal in Manila
●Viceroyalty of Peru Venezuela Lima , Peru Peru Peru Chile Colombia Panama Ecuador Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay Argentina
●Viceroyalty of New Granada was established in 1717 and governed from the capital based in Bogotá. The territories included were Colombia Ecuador Panama Venezuela Guyana Brazil Northern Peru , Costa Rica Nicaragua
●Viceroyalty of the Rio de la Plata was created in 1776 with Buenos Aires Rio de la Plata basin namely: Argentina Bolivia Paraguay Uruguay
There are also other Viceroyalties in the European colonies, Africa as well as in New France (Canada
As a consequence of the exploration and occupation of the new territories, the Spanish conquistadors migrated and settled in the new colonies. Thus, one would encounter the surname Villavicencio existing in many of the former Spanish territories mentioned above especially in Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Cuba, New Orleans, the Philippines as well as in Spain. The descendants of the original Villavicencio New Spain and the other new territories as colonizers, sometimes inter-marrying with the natives and producing offsprings in their new native land. From Mexico, the galleons brought new settlers across the world as far as the Philippines
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