The Spanish explorer Alonso de Salazar landed there in 1526, and the archipelago came to be known as "''Los Pintados''" ("The Painted (Ones)", possibly referring to the indigenous people first found there), "''Las Hermanas''" ("The Sisters") and "''Los Jardines''" ("The Gardens") within the Spanish Empire. It first fell within the jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Spain, and was then administered by Madrid, through the Captaincy General of the Philippines, upon the independence of Latin America and the dissolution of New Spain starting in 1821.