The smugglers' world: illicit trade and Atlantic communities in eighteenth-century Venezuela

"The Smugglers' World examines a critical part of Atlantic trade for a neglected corner of the Spanish Empire. Testimonies of smugglers, buyers, and royal officials found in Venezuelan prize court records reveal a colony enmeshed in covert commerce. Forsaken by the Spanish fleet system, Ve...

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Main Author: Cromwell, Jesse (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Williamsburg, Virginia Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia [2018]
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Summary:"The Smugglers' World examines a critical part of Atlantic trade for a neglected corner of the Spanish Empire. Testimonies of smugglers, buyers, and royal officials found in Venezuelan prize court records reveal a colony enmeshed in covert commerce. Forsaken by the Spanish fleet system, Venezuelan colonists struggled to obtain European foods and goods. They found a solution in exchanging cacao, a coveted luxury, for the necessities of life provided by contrabandists from the Dutch, English, and French Caribbean"--
Physical Description:viii, 314 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781469636887
1469636883

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