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unusual facts about A ''New Granada'' camouflage passport. The design on this cover includes the name of a country that no longer exists (New Granada



Bergnart Carl Lewy

In 1847 Lewy was appointed professor of chemistry at Bogotá, New Granada, where he enjoyed great popularity and filled many honorary offices.

Francisco Mariño y Soler

Francisco Mariño y Soler (born Tunja, Colombia, 9 October 1780; died Tibasosa, Colombia, 31 August 1876) was a Spanish aristocrat, originally from New Granada.

Immigration to Colombia

Out of all Spanish nationalities, the Andalusians were the most represented, and one particular ethnic group, the Basques were present in main cities like Bogota, though Castilians are influential in the administration of the then Spanish colony of New Granada.

Justin Goudot

From 1822 to 1842 he was charged by the New Granada government with founding scientific institutions.

Portobelo, Colón

From the 16th to the 18th centuries, it was an important silver-exporting port in New Granada on the Spanish Main and one of the ports on the route of the Spanish treasure fleets.

Spanish Main

In particular, the term is most strongly associated with that stretch of the Caribbean coastline that runs from the ports of Porto Bello on the Isthmus of Darien in Panama, through Cartagena de Indias in New Granada, and Maracaibo to the Orinoco delta.

The Last Lord of Eldorado

From a sunken ship named Dukatenesel, Donald obtains a golden plaque commemorating the founding of an Augsburgian Welser consortium in New Granada on 21 February 1539.

United Provinces of New Granada

The Royal Audiencia of Quito, whose president had executive powers, had jurisdiction over the provinces of Quito, Cuenca, Loja, Ibarra, Riobamba, Pasto, Popayán, Buenaventura and parts of the Cauca River Valley.

Yelverton P. King

In 1851, he was appointed Chargé d'Affaires to New Granada by President Millard Fillmore, and resigned in April 1853 due to poor health.


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