(1) At the time of his appointment to the viceroyalty Irwin was putting in an unremarkable stint as Minister of Agriculture.

(2) It was settled by the Spanish in 50 and formed the nucleus of the viceroyalty of New Granada after 740.

(3) These provincial mints were under the control of a local provincial governor or governor general of a viceroyalty (as in the case of Kiangnan).

(4) It was settled by the Spanish in 1510 and formed the nucleus of the viceroyalty of New Granada after 1740.

(5) From 1535 to 1821, this was the flag of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, which governed California, the South.