Viceroyalty of Peru

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Spanish and Portuguese colonization of the Americas, 1780

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Also Known As	Virreinato de Peru
Date	1543 - 1824

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Laws of the Indies

Chile

Peru

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St. Martín de Porres

St. Martín de Porres

Christian saint

St. Rose of Lima

St. Rose of Lima

Peruvian saint

Lope de Aguirre

Spanish adventurer