Wood, Trade, and Spanish Naval Power (C.1740-1795)

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-68963-3
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 7, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment

By focussing on timber sourcing, this book sheds light on the exploitation of forests in settings outside the Iberian Peninsula, including foreign states in the southern Baltic region and the colonial territory of New Spain between the c.1740-1795.

Analysis of contracts, projects, and their implementation by the Spanish crown in the 18th century allow for a better understanding of the position of the Spanish monarchy’s nearly global efforts to sustain its naval commitments in the Atlantic World.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Reichert, Rafal B

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures, Maps and Tables

Introduction

PART 1

1 Spanish Navy Wood Supplies from the Southern Baltic and Riga

1 The Marquis of Ensenada and the Supply of Timber for the Spanish Navy

2 Mathy–Schultz Versus Gil de Meester

3 Baltic Timber and the Asiento of the Gil de Meester Brothers (1751–1760)

4 Retortillo and Aragorri’s Wood Asiento (1761–1766)

5 The French Naval Construction System and Soto’s, Chone’s, and Marraci’s Asientos (1772–1782)

6 Baltic Timber under the Control of the Banco de San Carlos and the Asiento of the Swedish Company Gahn

2 The Southern Baltic Hinterland and Timber Extraction

1 Timber Cutting in Pomerania and along the Odra River and Its Trade in Szczecin

2 Examples of Forest Management by the Prussian Crown in Silesia, Klodzko, and Pomerania in the Second Half of the 18th Century

3 Szczecin and the Spanish Connection during the Second Half of the 18th Century

4 Filip Chone’s Visit to Szczecin and Proposals for the Supply of Prussian Timber to the Spanish Navy in the 1770s

5 Timber and Its Trade in Gdansk During the Second Half of the 18th Century

6 Some Information about Forestry Knowledge and Forest Management Policy in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Half of the 18th Century

7 Spanish Knowledge about Poland, Based on the Description of the Count of Aranda During His Trip to Gdansk

8 The Radziwill: Timber Felling and Trade with Königsberg, Memel, and Riga

9 The Radziwills’ Land and Forest Estates

10 Production and Shipment of Wood from the Radziwill Estates in 1744–1793

11 Examples of Radziwill Timber Trade in Southern Baltic Ports

PART 2

3 The Survey of New Spain’s Woodlands

1 The Exploitation of Timber for the Shipbuilding Industry in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 18th Century

2 Pine Felling in the Hills of Chimalapas

3 Pine Felling in Chimalapas under Royal Supervision (1765–1771)

4 Expenses: Wages and Oxen for the Chimalapas Enterprise

5 Forest Resources and Naval Wood Sourcing in Sierra Madre Oriental

6 Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa’s Land Survey Instructions

7 Miguel del Corral and His Contribution to the Scientific Knowledge of New Spain

8 Relation of the Survey Carried out in the Hills of Teziutlán and Perote (Veracruz)

9 The Major Survey Expedition of Miguel del Corral and Joaquín de Aranda to South of Veracruz

10 Information about the Exploitation of Natural Resources in Miguel Del Corral’s Relación

11 The Survey of the Antigua and Nautla Rivers and the Mecacalco Hills

12 Survey of the Antigua River in August 1778 and Inspection of a Pine Forest in Mecacalco, Santa María Tlapacoya, and Nautla Rivers in September 1778

13 Projects to Source Wood in Other Regions in New Spain, Such as the Usumacinta River and Laguna de Términos

14 Wood Species in New Spain, Based on Subdelegate Pedro Cabezas’s Survey of Huejutla

4 Timber Asientos for the Spanish Royal Navy in New Spain

1 Early Timber Asientos in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Second Half of the 18th Century

2 An Attempted Asiento for Masting in Favour of Domingo Ramón Balcarsel in 1768

3 The 1783 Order by the Secretary of the Navy, Antonio Valdés, to Undertake Large-Scale Felling in New Spain

4 The Asientos Awarded in Veracruz in 1784–1787

5 The Balance of the Wood Asientos Signed in New Spain (1784–1787)

6 Wood Extraction Areas under the Jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Second Half of the 18th Century: Examples from Cuba and Louisiana

7 Use of Cuban Wood by Havana’s Shipbuilding Industry

8 Garibaldo’s Project as the Model for State-Sponsored Exploitation of Wood in Cuba

9 Illegal British Timber-Felling Operations in Cuba

10 The Wood Business in Louisiana and New Orleans in the Late 18th Century

11 Wood Sourcing Projects Elsewhere in the Greater Caribbean

12 Woodland Areas in Cartagena de Indias and the Magdalena River

General Conclusions

Appendix

Glossary of Spanish Words

Biblography

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Rafal B. Reichert, Ph.D. (2010), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), is Professor of Latin American History at the Institute of Iberian and Ibero-American Studies at the University of Warsaw. He has published many articles on Latin America and Europe in scientific journals and three monographs, including Sobre las olas de un mar plateado. La política defensiva española y el financiamiento militar novohispano en la región del Gran Caribe, 1598-1700 (CEPHCIS-UNAM, 2013).