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    The Casa de Contratación (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa ðe kontɾataˈθjon], House of Trade) or Casa de la Contratación de las Indias ("House of Trade of...
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  • de Solís as a Portuguese. Source: Archivo General de Indias, INDIFERENTE, 419, L.6 ,F.602R-602V, ‘Orden a los oficiales de la Casa de la Contratación’...
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    The Casa de Contratación has a porticoed gallery from the 17th century made by Antón Sánchez Hurtado, the eastern side of the Casa de Contratación was...
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    visited Casa de Contratación in Seville, which was the central bureaucracy and clearinghouse for all of Spain's activities in the New World. The Casa took...
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    of the Casa de la Contratación de Indias and three subcontractors, Genoese merchants in Andalusia, for 25,000 ducats. The Casa de Contratación in Seville...
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    Deputation of Spain Casa de Contratación Spanish colonization of the Americas for the Portuguese empire: Casa da Índia "LAS INDIAS - Spanish Indies". Hubert...
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    Cartagena de Indias, 1610–1660, Bogotá: Centro Editorial Javeriano, 1997. Tejado Fernández, Manuel. "El tribunal de Cartagena de Indias: La primera mitad...
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    Official" of the Casa de la Contratación de Indias located in Seville. In theory, no Spaniard could sail anywhere without the approval of the Casa. As the Chief...
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    "Carta de los oficiales de la Casa de la Contratación de las Indias al emperador Carlos V, sobre regreso de la nao "San Antonio" y denuncias de sus mandos...
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    libro 50 de la Historia General y Natural de las Indias («Infortunios y Naufragios») de Gonzalo Fernández de Oviedo (1535): ¿génesis e inspiración de algunos...
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    Spanish West Indies fleet or Flota de Indias, which departed in two convoys from Seville, where the Casa de Contratación was based, bound for ports such...
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    Americas and the Philippines: Consejo de Indias, Council of the Indies, 16th–19th centuries Casa de la Contratación, House of Trade, royal bureaucracy for...
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    Havana (redirect from Ciudad de la Habana)
    market) that had arisen due to the trade restrictions imposed by the Casa de Contratación of Seville (the crown-controlled trading house that held a monopoly...
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    Cuesta (2004). "Alonso de Santa Cruz, cartógrafo y fabricante de instrumentos náuticos de la Casa de Contratación" [Alonso de Santa Cruz, Cartographer...
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    the Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife. He was the eldest son of Martín de Egüés, judge of the Casa de Contratación de Indias and later the Royal Chancery...
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    Alonzo de Santa Cruz was a renowned cartographer on the Consejo de Indias (Council of the Indies) and a cosmographer at the Casa de Contratación (House...
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  • Correo Mayor de las Indias, through a Royal Decree. The correspondence until that moment had been in charge of the Casa de Contratación. The new post...
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    Casa de Contratación de Indias, the nave was destined to the south as the headquarters of the Casa. However, on June 5, the headquarters of the Casa to...
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  • responsibilities of his appointment was administered by the court of the Casa de Contratación (in English: House of Trade) in Seville, on May 20, 1699. He was...
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    de Contratación de Indias. Alcázar of Seville (building built from 9th until 18th centuries), was other seat for the Casa de Contratación de Indias. Casa...
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    Casta (redirect from Pintura de castas)
    to the New World required travellers to obtain a license from the Casa de Contratación, certifying the individual had no Jewish or Islamic ancestry. This...
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    his last years of life Zárate worked as accountant of the Casa de Contratación de las Indias. He was accused of a fraud of 26,000 ducats at the salt pans...
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    the Casa de Contratación, established in 1503. All returning ships had to report any details of new lands or discoveries they had made to the Casa de Contratación...
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  • petitioned king Philip II of Spain to protect the monopoly of the Casa de Contratación based in Seville. This led to the passing of a decree in 1593 that...
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    created position of piloto mayor (master navigator) for Spain's Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) in Seville, a post he held until his death in 1512...
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    various councils of state, including, eventually, the Consejo de Indias and Casa de Contratacion, the two highest bodies in metropolitan Spain for the government...
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    Caparra Archaeological Site (category Juan Ponce de León)
    house in the village, which for years functioned additionally as the Casa de Contratación, the archive, and the arsenal." It became his permanent home, where...
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    compensation, while Pinzón and Ledesma were awarded posts at the Casa de la Contratación. The first print map to feature intelligence gathered by this Pinzón...
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    in the Casa de Contratación de Indias of Seville. The Cetinas were related by blood or marriage to the Montejos, the Pachecos, the Ortizes de San Pedro...
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    advisory body to the monarch. The crown had already created the Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) in 1503 to regulate contacts between Spain and its...
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