The Indigo Merchant: Promoter of Central American Economic Development, 1750–1808

Floyd, Troy S.

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“…Aunque en este artículo nos centramos en la grana procedente de Nueva España y en la lana de vicuña de Perú, que es la que mayormente comerciaban los negociantes marselleses como los Roux; los registros de la Chambre de Commerce de Marseille relativos a la compañía Roux así lo demuestran. De hecho, eran materias primas y bienes que en buena parte, como en el caso que presentamos aquí a través del comercio francés, eran reexportados desde Marsella a otros territorios europeos, no solamente España (Beeson, 1964;Floyd, 1965;Lee, 1948;Smith, 1959). Por un lado, la participación francesa en las actividades mercantiles de exclusividad española en las colonias americanas y, por el otro, el desvío comercial de estos productos fuera de los territorios de dominio de la monarquía española, produjeron deslocalización tanto de la plata americana como de los géneros exclusivos de la monarquía, teniendo efectos altamente negativos para la economía española (Boxer, 1970, pp.…”

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Mercados globales de la América española: el comercio de lana vicuña y ‘grana’ cochinilla en el siglo XVIII

Pérez-García

2016

Am. Lat. Hist. Econ.

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El presente artículo analiza la comercialización de la lana de vicuña peruana y la grana cochinilla, principalmente procedente de sierras andinas y Nueva España, y el impacto, durante el siglo xviii, de la comercialización de productos coloniales pertenecientes al ramo textil en las economías de la Europa mediterránea, especialmente para los casos de Francia y España. La paulatina integración de mercados globales de la América española, como pueden ser los referentes al sector textil, con los de Europa occidental fue un factor clave en la consolidación de redes y rutas de comercio, así como circulación de bienes a un lado y otro del Atlántico.

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Mercados globales de la América española: el comercio de lana vicuña y ‘grana’ cochinilla en el siglo XVIII

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2016

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The Science of Useful Nature in Central America

Brockmann¹

2020

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Rica, it had great natural advantages, from being a place where 'the most exquisite fruits of all climes grow in abundance' to possessing harbours on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Indeed, it might well be 'the best of all the King's possessions'. 1 Yet, as a contributor to Guatemala's newspaper remarked in 1803, 'this kingdom, which should be one of the most prosperous, is one of the most miserable ones in America'. How to square these contradictions, and help fulfil the true potential of the region, was the mission of a group of reformers who came together in patriotic associations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They believed that geographical, climatic, botanical, agricultural, and demographic knowledge held the key to 'enlightened' progress. True patriots would not just be content with gathering such knowledge. Instead, theirs was a practical Enlightenment that would offer prosperity by applying scientific knowledge to the management of landscapes. As this book argues, Central American reformers found the meaning of a homeland not in abstract ideas of idealised national landscapes, but in experiential engagement with them. By the early nineteenth century, reformers imagined a new region, one that was self-confidently connected to the rest of the world through scientific communication networks, and one whose inhabitants were dedicated to developing its bountiful landscapes into ever more prosperous spaces. Although patriotic identities of the eighteenth century map onto nineteenth-century nationalisms imprecisely at best, the legacy of new visions of Central 2

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Introduction: A Kingdom of Vast Extension

2020

The Science of Useful Nature in Central America

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The Kingdom of Guatemala in the late eighteenth century was a paradox. It was simultaneously rich and poor, according to its colonial administrators, priests, merchants, and ordinary residents. It was a 'kingdom of vast extension' that should by all accounts be a wealthy province within the Spanish empire, as puzzled observers noted. As the Spanish administrative region spanning modern-day Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, it had great natural advantages, from being a place where 'the most exquisite fruits of all climes grow in abundance' to possessing harbours on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Indeed, it might well be 'the best of all the King's possessions'. 1 Yet, as a contributor to Guatemala's newspaper remarked in 1803, 'this kingdom, which should be one of the most prosperous, is one of the most miserable ones in America'. How to square these contradictions, and help fulfil the true potential of the region, was the mission of a group of reformers who came together in patriotic associations in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They believed that geographical, climatic, botanical, agricultural, and demographic knowledge held the key to 'enlightened' progress. True patriots would not just be content with gathering such knowledge. Instead, theirs was a practical Enlightenment that would offer prosperity by applying scientific knowledge to the management of landscapes. As this book argues, Central American reformers found the meaning of a homeland not in abstract ideas of idealised national landscapes, but in experiential engagement with them.By the early nineteenth century, reformers imagined a new region, one that was self-confidently connected to the rest of the world through scientific communication networks, and one whose inhabitants were dedicated to developing its bountiful landscapes into ever more prosperous spaces. Although patriotic identities of the eighteenth century map onto nineteenth-century nationalisms imprecisely at best, the legacy of new visions of Central 2

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The Indigo Merchant: Promoter of Central American Economic Development, 1750–1808

Abstract: Just as the colonial trade created commercial elites in Spain, so, too, did businessmen rise to economic and social importance in the New World. In Central America, for example, the marketers of indigo played an especially significant role.

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Mercados globales de la América española: el comercio de lana vicuña y ‘grana’ cochinilla en el siglo XVIII

Mercados globales de la América española: el comercio de lana vicuña y ‘grana’ cochinilla en el siglo XVIII

The Science of Useful Nature in Central America

Introduction: A Kingdom of Vast Extension

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