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The work of city-building carried out by Spain in the Americas was one of the most spectacular and effective achievements of spatial organization, political administration, and utilization of material resources ever seen in the New World.
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Castillero-Calvo, A. (2003). The city in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1492–1650. In: Emmer, P.C., Damas, G.C. (eds) General History of the Caribbean. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-73767-3_9
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