As opposed to the insular possessions of the Caribbean, The Province of Tierra Firme (Province of Mainland) served in Spanish colonial times as the name for the contiguous mainland of the northern end of South America, including modern Venezuela and Colombia, as well as the Isthmus of Panama, then just a part of Colombia.In 1509, authority was granted to Alonso de Ojeda and Diego de Nicuesa, to colonize the territories between the west side of the Gulf of Urabá and Cabo de la Vela, and Urabá westward to Cabo Gracias a Dios in present-day Honduras.
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