Vocab: New Spain

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Manilla Galleon

The term "Manila galleon" can also refer to the trade route itself between Acapulco (Mexico) and Manila (Philippines) that was operational from 1565 to 1815.

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Viceroy

A person appointed to rule a country as the deputy of the sovereign.

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Arquebus

A portable, long-barreled gun originating in Europe in the 15th century.

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Biombos

folding free-standing screens

<p>folding free-standing screens</p>
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Enconchados

shell-inlay paintings; tiny fragments of mother-of-pearl placed onto a wooden support and canvas and covered with a yellowish tint and thin glazes of paint

paintings encrusted with mother of pearl

<p>shell-inlay paintings; tiny fragments of mother-of-pearl placed onto a wooden support and canvas and covered with a yellowish tint and thin glazes of paint</p><p>paintings encrusted with mother of pearl</p>
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Roundel

a circular painting or relief sculpture

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Mestizo

A person of mixed European and Native American ancestry.

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Casta Paintings

paintings from New Spain showing people of mixed races

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Escudo

A framed painting worn below the neck in a colonial Spanish painting