The Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism in America, by John Fisher

By John Fisher

This e-book examines monetary kin among Spain and Spanish the US within the colonial interval, and their implications for the industrial buildings of either events from the start of Spanish imperialism till the outbreak of the Spanish-American revolutions for Independence. initially released in Spanish in 1992, the textual content has been absolutely revised for this primary English edition.

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Indeed, Peruvian craftsmen had been working gold for at least 2,000 years, and were masters of advanced hollow-case casting and of decorative tech- 26 Economic Aspects of Spanish Imperialism niques involving the use of soldering. Showing even less aesthetic sensitivity than had Corte´s in Mexico, the unsentimental Francisco Pizarro melted down virtually everything he could get his hands on, producing at Cajamarca alone no less than 13,420 pounds of 22½ carat gold and 26,000 pounds of silver. Even the simple foot soldiers among the 168 men at Cajamarca each received 45 pounds of gold and 90 of silver, and a number retired immediately to Spain to spend the rest of their lives in comfort, and by their ostentatious example to encourage thousands more to set out for America in the hope of making their fortunes.

However, more artificial attempts to introduce ports in other parts of Spain to the American trading network did not prosper. In 1529, for example, there was a negligible response in northern Spain to the decision of Charles I formally to license a number of other Spanish ports, including La Corun˜a, to trade with America. 1 This formal shift did not breach the principle of monopoly, but its local significance was considerable, particularly, of course, for Seville which had managed hitherto to retain the bureaucratic control of trade, despite the fact that the fleets themselves had begun to use Ca´diz as the port of departure and return from 1680.

In 1529, for example, there was a negligible response in northern Spain to the decision of Charles I formally to license a number of other Spanish ports, including La Corun˜a, to trade with America. 1 This formal shift did not breach the principle of monopoly, but its local significance was considerable, particularly, of course, for Seville which had managed hitherto to retain the bureaucratic control of trade, despite the fact that the fleets themselves had begun to use Ca´diz as the port of departure and return from 1680.

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