New Spain fleet leaving Veracruz for Cadiz.
New Spain fleet leaving Veracruz for Cadiz.
Image of the Contracting House, the institution in charge of managing trade affairs with the New World during the Modern Age
Mainland Galleons of the Carrera de Indias
Maps and plans. The image depicts a portulan chart covering the Mediterranean and the European Atlantic.
Image of a five-panelled folding screen depicting the Palace of the Viceroys in Mexico before it burned down in the turmoil of 1692.
Image representing the retinue formed by the emperor Montezuma and his nobles, organised to meet Hernán Cortés and receive him on his entry into the city of Mexico-Tenochtitlán.
Representation of women’s activities in the world of work and economy through the brush of Marinus van Reymerswale
The play depicts one of the female activities in the world of work and economics around market sales in the Modern Age
Privateering patent granted by Charles III, which is part of a set of several patents he granted around 1771. The upper part shows the side view of a ship which, together with the border headed by the Royal Arms, serves as ornamentation for these patents. The patent was engraved by Hipólito Recarte.
The image depicts the plan and section of a ship engaged in the black slave trade. The document is written in English and published in London.