Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay, Basque: Bizkai Berria) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango and the southwest of Coahuila in Mexico as well as parts of Texas in the United States .

The name Nueva Vizcaya is derived from the name of the province of Biscay (called Vizcaya in Spanish, Bizkaia in Basque) during the Spanish colonial period. This can be seen in the right part of the seal, a representation of the heraldic of Vizcaya in Spain.

Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. Nueva Vizcaya included the modern Mexican states of Chihuahua and Durango, the eastern parts of Sonora y Sinaloa and the southwest part of Coahuila.

New Spain, officially the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Spanish: Virreinato de Nueva España [birejˈnato ðe ˈnweβa esˈpaɲa] ⓘ; Nahuatl: Yankwik Kaxtillan Birreiyotl), [4] originally the Kingdom of New Spain, was an integral territorial entity of the Spanish Empire, established by Habsburg Spain.

Aug 23, 2017 · In Mexico, there’s a whole state of Durango, which, during the colonial period, was known as the Kingdom of New Biscay. Its shield, like that of the colonial territory, shows an oak tree, two wolves, and two groups of oak leaves in a garland.

Sep 7, 2019 · In 1562, Ibarra was appointed governor of the newly formed province of Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay) in 1562, and the following year he founded the city of Durango to be its capital. The Governor of Nueva Vizcaya was the Captain-General, subordinate to the Viceroy in political matters but to the Audiencia (High Court) of Guadalajara in judicial ...

Named after conqueror Francisco de Ibarra's native Vizcaya, this province (reino) of colonial Mexico at first encompassed all of the territory claimed by Spain north of Zacatecas.

Nueva Vizcaya was the first province of northern Mexico to be explored and settled by the Spanish. Sometimes called the kingdom of Nueva Vizcaya, it served as the "heartland" of the northern frontier for some 250 years. In the early years of settlement the name referred to the area north of Zacatecas.

During its existence, the Commandancy General encompassed the provinces of New Navarre, New Biscay, The Californias, New Mexico, New Santander, New Kingdom of Leon, Coahuila (formerly New Extremadura) and Texas.

Sep 22, 2024 · Nueva Vizcaya (New Biscay) was the first province in the north of New Spain to be explored and settled by the Spanish. It consisted mostly of the area which is today the states of Chihuahua and Durango in Mexico. Spanish exploration of the area began in 1531 with Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán's expedition.