Forbidden Fruit. The Cacao of Guayaquil and the Market of New Spain, 16th to 18th Centuries
On their arrival in America, the Europeans quickly incorporated this continent into their international markets. This had major consequences for traders on both sides of the Atlantic. One of these was the linking up of economic areas within America that previously been isolated. This paper analyzes...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2009 |
| País: | México |
| Institución: | UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO |
| Repositorio: | Estudios de Historia Novohispana |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/3683 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://novohispana.historicas.unam.mx/index.php/ehn/article/view/3683 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Nueva España Guayaquil cacao contrabando comercio internacional New Spain international trade smuggling |
| Sumario: | On their arrival in America, the Europeans quickly incorporated this continent into their international markets. This had major consequences for traders on both sides of the Atlantic. One of these was the linking up of economic areas within America that previously been isolated. This paper analyzes one of the ways in which this articulation took place between local Latin American economies, using the expansion of the cultivation and commercialization of cacao in New Spain and the province of Guayaquil as an example. It studies the reasons why cacao cultivation moved from New Spain to South America; the consequences this had for both territories; as well as the rivalry between different economic groups for New Spain’s cacao markets. |
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