The Californias, or Province of the Californias, or Spanish: Las Californias, Provincia de las Californias (17681804), was the northwestern-most area of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (comprising Spain's colonial possessions in the Western Hemisphere and Pacific Spanish East Indies).
Can we infer the following?
the Viceroyalty of New Spain purchased The Californias for a lot of money.
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