rex Indiarum (English spelling) rex Indiarum

Japanese: rex Indiarum(英語表記)rexIndiarum
rex Indiarum (English spelling) rex Indiarum

…Columbus never gave up the mistaken belief that he had reached the Indies. Thus, after Columbus, many Spaniards attempted westward voyages, discovering, conquering, and colonizing unknown islands and lands one after another, but all of these regions were collectively called the Indies, and the King of Spain ruled his subjects, the Indians, through the Council of the Indies, under the title of ``rex Indiarum,'' King of the Indies, until the early 19th century. The name ``America'' was given to the Indies by Martin Waldseemuller in 1507, based on the report of Amerigo Vespucci, who considered the Indies to be a new continent. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "rex Indiarum" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…コロンブスは終生インディアスに到達したという誤った信念を捨てなかった。こうして,コロンブス以降数多くのスペイン人が西方航海を企て,次々と未知の島々や陸を発見,征服,植民することになるが,それらの地域はすべてインディアスと総称され,スペイン国王は19世紀初頭に至るまで〈インディアスの王rex Indiarum〉の称号のもとに,臣下である〈インディオ〉をインディアス枢機会議を介して統治したのである。なお〈アメリカ〉という呼称は1507年にマルティン・ワルトゼーミュラーがアメリゴ・ベスプッチの報告記をもとに,インディアスを新大陸とみなしてそれに付した呼称である。…

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