The map focuses on the period during which the lords of the house of Velasco, constables of Castile, managed the tithes of the sea through the Cantabrian ports, and more specifically that of the area outside Burgos. This position was fundamental, as it was the main source of income from Castilian foreign trade in these waters and one of the tools in the splendour of the wool trade experienced in Burgos as the main exporter of wool in Castile.
The tithes from the sea obtained by the Velasco family must be interpreted as royal in nature, as they were collected on the crown’s foreign trade, but they were collected on behalf of a lordly power, so that through this movement the crown had a powerful alliance of mutual interest in the north of the peninsula, dividing in a certain way the Castilian interior as the destination and consumption of imports with the area of Galicia, Asturias and Cantabria as the link between the markets and the ocean.
With Burgos as the main hub, it controlled the customs offices of San Vicente, Santander, Laredo, Bilbao and San Sebastián, as well as other locations further inland such as Tolosa and Calahorra. Everything was structured through the three main communication routes that formed the backbone of Burgos’ foreign trade, the north towards Santander, the northeast towards San Sebastián and the east, which passed through Logroño.

Collection: Images

Project: 2. Social and economic impact of technological revolutions in Europe., 9. Travels and travelers: economic, social and cultural connections.

Chronology: XV, XVI

Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University

Link: http://www.tiemposmodernos.org/tm3/index.php/tm/article/view/1899

Resource type: Image

Format: Map

Source: Salas, L. (2016). "Poder señorial, espacio fiscal y comercio: los diezmos de la mar, las rutas comerciales burgalesas y la casa de Velasco (1469-1559). Ensayo de interpretación de un proceso secular", en Tiempos modernos, nº 33, p. 418.

Language: Spanish

Date: 2016

Owner: Roberto José Alcalde López (Modernalia)

Copyright: ©Tiempos Modernos ©Luis Salas Almela

Abstract: Fiscal analysis of the house of Velasco in the area outside Burgos between 1469 and 1559

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