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Does the 'Spanish Main' still exist?

Question #152385. Asked by odo5435.
Last updated Mar 16 2026.
Originally posted Mar 10 2026 9:00 AM.

Philip_Eno
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Philip_Eno
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The 'Spanish Main' does not exist today, for the land around the now Gulf of Mexico was once conquered by Spain during the 16th to 19th centuries, and now the coastline is various countries, from modern-day Panama to the Orinoco delta in Venezuela, sometimes including parts of Central America and Mexico. Also, piracy has now ceased.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_Main

Mar 10 2026, 1:32 PM
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The Spanish Main included "Spanish Florida and New Spain, the latter extending through modern-day Texas, Mexico, all of Central America, to Colombia and Venezuela on the north coast of South America" (Wikipedia) - and because these countries still exist today, it could be argued semantically that the "Spanish Main" still exists today - but because those countries are no longer part of the vast Spanish empire that once existed throughout the world, it could be argued more sensibly that the Spanish Main no longer exists.

Putting it another way, the whole of the eastern half of Australia was once known as the colony of New South Wales, but I'm sure if any of the separate states that are now part of the eastern half of Australia today but exist as separate states (Queensland, Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania) were referred to as such, you'd probably end up in a pub brawl.

Mar 16 2026, 10:06 PM
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