A picture of caste in America representing the new visions of society in the Hispanic Monarchy
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9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.
The image shows the layout of one of the twelve reverberatory furnaces for quicksilver metallurgy that were built in the Calle de Santa Ana of the Real de minas de Azogue de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in New Spain. These furnaces were made on the outside of brick and lime, to resist water, and on the inside of brick and clay, to preserve the fire. The picture explains how they worked.
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.
Map of the New Land of Santa Cruz, at the southern tip of California, discovered by Hernán Cortés in 1535.
Map of the new lands discovered by Christopher Columbus on his four voyages to the American continent between 1492 and 1502.
Recreation of one of the caravels with which Columbus travelled to America
Chart showing the evolution of the Neapolitan fleet during the 16th century
The image shows a view of the almadraba of Zahara de los Atunes (Cádiz) from land. In the past, tuna traps were an important part of the fishery and offered high economic returns to whoever was in charge of their exploitation. The catches could be kept salted and marketed far from their place of origin.
The image shows a view of the Strait of Gibraltar and its surroundings, with the trenches established during the 1704 siege
Graphic resource showing the close relationship between the quality of firearms and bladed weapons through their average value, with the socio-economic groups of Burgos society during the 18th century
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