Acapulco - History Lab https://historylab.es Wed, 18 May 2022 14:21:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Acapulco - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Royal Decrees on trade and tonnage https://historylab.es/royal-decrees-on-trade-and-tonnage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=royal-decrees-on-trade-and-tonnage Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/reales-cedulas-sobre-comercio-y-toneladas/ Royal Decrees on trade and tonnage in the Philippines

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]]> Royal decree regulating trade in the Philippines. It summarises how it was ordered up to that time and establishes the new orders: the trade between the islands and New Spain is preserved; the merchandise will not exceed a value of 250,000 pesos, and the return of them will not exceed 500,000; only 4 ships of the King of no more than 200 tons are allowed; the crew they must carry and the necessary controls to avoid losses and fraud are regulated, both in Manila and in Acapulco. Printed. Royal Decree of 23rd May 1620 to Alonso Fajardo de Tenza, Governor of the Philippines, ordering him to observe the provisions of the distribution of tons of the ships in the trade of those islands.

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]]> Need for blacks for the mines https://historylab.es/need-for-blacks-for-the-mines/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=need-for-blacks-for-the-mines Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:33:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/necesidad-de-negros-para-las-minas/ Need for blacks and mulattos to work in the mines of Mexico

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]]> Letters from the city of Mexico addressed to King Philip IV, communicating various issues relating to the need for blacks and mulattos to work in the mines, the inconveniences suffered by Mexican trade and the consulate, the harm suffered by the farmers as a result of the removal of the repartimientos of Indians and the sale of aguardiente to the Indians.

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