Casa de Contratación
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The Casa de Contratación was a powerful Spanish royal agency based in Seville that controlled and administered Spain’s overseas trade and navigation with its American colonies during the early modern period.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish royal agency
ⓘ
colonial administrative institution ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 1790 ⓘ |
| employed |
cartographers
ⓘ
cosmographers ⓘ judges ⓘ piloto mayor ⓘ treasury officials ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Exploration
ⓘ
surface form:
Age of Discovery
Early modern period ⓘ Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Catholic Monarchs
ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish Crown
|
| establishedInYear | 1503 ⓘ |
| governedByLaw | Castilian law ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seville, Spain
ⓘ
surface form:
Seville
|
| jurisdictionOver |
trade with New Spain
ⓘ
trade with Peru ⓘ trade with Spanish America ⓘ trade with the Caribbean ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andalusia
ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ Seville, Spain ⓘ
surface form:
Seville
|
| mainFunction |
administration of navigation to the Americas
ⓘ
collection of royal revenues from colonial trade ⓘ control of emigration to the New World ⓘ mapping and cartography of overseas territories ⓘ registration of ships and cargoes ⓘ regulation of trade with the Indies ⓘ training and licensing of pilots ⓘ |
| movedInYear | 1717 ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Cadiz
ⓘ
surface form:
Cádiz
|
| operatedIn |
Americas
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| produced | Padrón Real ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
Seville Cathedral ⓘ
surface form:
Seville Cathedral complex
Spanish galleon trade ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish treasure fleet
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ |
| supervised |
Spanish galleon trade
ⓘ
surface form:
Spanish treasure fleets
flota system ⓘ galleons to the Indies ⓘ |
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