Informes sobre un «punto ciego del imperio». una aproximación a las expediciones guardacostas de la armada en el Darién de finales del siglo XVIII
[EN]Coast guard expeditions operated throughout the Americas during the early modern period and, despite their varied mandates, functioned as an auxiliary arm of Spanish territorial administration. This article does not examine vessels dedicated to the safeguarding of commerce or the escort of exped...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2026 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad de Salamanca (USAL) |
| Repositorio: | GREDOS. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Salamanca |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:gredos.usal.es:10366/170526 |
| Acceso en línea: | http://hdl.handle.net/10366/170526 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Darién guardacostas Armada cunas contrabando coast‑guard Navy Cuna (Kuna) people smuggling |
| Sumario: | [EN]Coast guard expeditions operated throughout the Americas during the early modern period and, despite their varied mandates, functioned as an auxiliary arm of Spanish territorial administration. This article does not examine vessels dedicated to the safeguarding of commerce or the escort of expeditions of outright conquest. Rather, it moves beyond the origins of the coast guard service to analyse its operation in the Gulf of Darién during the second half of the eighteenth century. In response to the Crown’s determination to secure a region marked by persistent Indigenous resistance and English incursions, a system of coast guard patrols was organised from Cartagena de Indias in order to assert effective royal authority and to incorporate the territory more fully into the Spanish colonial system. |
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