Spanish Casa de Contratación and colonial regulation of food commodities (1503–1717)

1. Royal order creates the Casa de Contratación

   Jan 20, 1503Labels: Casa de, Seville, Spanish Crown

   • Britannica
   • Wikimedia
   • Casa ES

2. The Casa begins broad oversight of Atlantic commerce

   Jan 21, 1503Labels: Casa de, Seville, Atlantic trade

   • Britannica
   • Casa EN

3. Office of Piloto Mayor established for navigation control

   Mar 22, 1508Labels: Piloto Mayor, Casa de

   • Piloto mayor
   • Vespucci bio

4. Padrón Real mapping program supports regulated shipping

   Aug 6, 1508Labels: Padr n, Casa de

   • Pilot Major
   • Casa EN

5. Merchants request convoy protection funded by avería

   Jan 1, 1521Labels: Merchants, Aver a

   • Consulado ES

6. Council of the Indies formalized above colonial governance

   Aug 1, 1524Labels: Council of, Casa de

   • Council EN
   • WHE

7. Consulado de Cargadores a Indias founded in Seville

   Aug 1, 1543Labels: Consulado de, Seville

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   • Consulado ES

8. Philip II restricts sailing outside annual fleets

   Jul 16, 1561Labels: Philip II, Convoys

   • Flotas ES
   • Treasure fleet

9. Treasure-fleet convoy system becomes a lasting institution

   Jan 1, 1566Labels: Treasure Fleet, Casa de

   • Treasure fleet
   • Britannica

10. Lonja building strengthens Seville’s commercial bureaucracy

    Jan 1, 1598Labels: Lonja, Seville

    • Consulado ES
    • Casa ES

11. Customs rivalry highlights tariff differences between ports

    Jan 1, 1665Labels: C diz, Seville

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12. Cádiz gains role as fleets’ head port

    Jan 1, 1680Labels: C diz, Indies fleets

    • Consulado ES
    • Fiscal study

13. Royal order transfers the Casa to Cádiz

    May 12, 1717Labels: Philip V, Casa de, C diz

    • Britannica
    • U C diz
    • NatGeo ES

14. Cádiz-based system consolidates monopoly-era regulation

    Dec 31, 1717Labels: C diz, Casa de

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    • Casa EN