Spanish royal authority had been granted in…

1510 CE

Spanish royal authority had been granted in 1509 to Alonso de Ojeda and Diego de Nicuesa, to colonize the territories between the west side of the Gulf of Urabá and Cabo de la Vela, and Urabá westward to Cabo Gracias a Dios in present-day Honduras, as part of the Governorate of New Andalusia.

The westernmost portion is given the name Tierra Firme.

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