DID YOU KNOW?
TEXAS STATE IN AMERICA WAS ONCE CALLED, "NEW KINGDOM OF THE PHILIPPINES" --1716.
In the lost footnotes of the history, in the decades before the U.S.A. gained independence from the British Empire, Texas was part of the far South states that were part of the Spanish empire.
Spain's coverage in colonizing countries during 1700s was so vast, they ruled almost a third of the planet.
A famous Franciscan missionary for the Spanish empire, Antonio Margil de Jesus was the first on record to refer to Texas as "Nuevas Filipinas" (NEW PHILIPPINES) and “Nuevo Reino de Filipinas" (NEW KINGDOM OF THE PHILIPPINES) in July 20, 1716 in HONOR OF KING PHILIP V of Spain written in his letter to the viceroy of New Spain.
Nuevas Filipinas appeared regularly on documents during the next forty years or so, it fell out of use toward the end of the eighteenth century due to rife with conflict and wars with the state changing hands every other decade or so, --Until Texas stood as its own independent state and eventually entered the United States of America in 1845.
Courtesy: Texas State Historical Association (TSHA), Esquire Philippines.