Santo Domingo - History Lab https://historylab.es Fri, 20 May 2022 15:29:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg Santo Domingo - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Spain: Imports from the Indies excluding the Company and Post Office, 1747-1796 https://historylab.es/spain-imports-from-the-indies-excluding-the-company-and-post-office-1747-1796/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=spain-imports-from-the-indies-excluding-the-company-and-post-office-1747-1796 Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:57 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/espana-importacion-desde-las-indias-excluyendo-la-compania-y-correo-1747-1796/ Imports from the Indies to Spain, mainly tobacco between 1747 and 1796

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]]> The 1980s and 1990s witnessed an interpretation and debate on the aims and results of Spanish free trade legislation since 1765. One of the conclusions drawn from that discussion was that Spain’s total imports from the Indies grew about fifteenfold between 1778 and 1796, with exports 400% higher in 1782-96 than in 1778. It should be noted, however, that the course of trade from the Indies had a non-political component, some of it derived from both sides of the Atlantic. Spanish ports for Atlantic trade were important from 1765, as the potential role of fiscal liberalisation in promoting trade has not been determined. However, several considerations must be taken into account in analysing this process of economic ascent. One such factor has been the avoidance of the controversies of 1747 and 1778 along with the fact that colonial imports from Spain may have substantially benefited from the slave revolts in Santo Domingo from 1789-1791. Even comparing the terms, despite the import corrections generated between 1785-96, between 1775-77 and 1790-92, the Crown and private imports show a higher average than the ratios from 1752-53 to 1774-76.

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]]> The mints of the Indies https://historylab.es/the-mints-of-the-indies/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-mints-of-the-indies Sat, 19 Feb 2022 16:28:11 +0000 https://historylab.es/2022/02/19/las-casas-de-moneda-de-indias/ Short video explaining the birth of the Mint in the American dominions

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]]> This short video explains the birth of the mints in the American dominions. The regions of Mexico and Santo Domingo, and later Lima and Potosí, are particularly highlighted. The first Bourbons imposed quality measures which prompted the opening of new mints in Guatemala, Popayán and Santiago de Chile. Silver from the colonies arrived in Spain where it was minted, above all, in the form of reales de a ocho, a coin also known as the peso and later as the duro. The type of coins was also varied, with special emphasis on the symbolism in the form of the Pillars of Hercules and the motto of Emperor Charles: PLVS VLTRA.

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