Spanish Main

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During the Spanish colonization of the Americas, the Spanish Main (Spanish: Tierra Firme) comprised the parts of the Spanish Empire that were on the mainland of the Americas and had coastlines on the Caribbean Sea or Gulf of Mexico. The term was used by English speakers to distinguish those regions from the numerous islands Spain controlled in the Caribbean, which were known as the Spanish West Indies.

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