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Imports of American Gold and Silver into Spain, 1503–1660

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I. Effect of fertile American mines on European prices — Spain the recipient and distributor of the treasure, 437.—New sources of data, 438.—II. House of Trade and Merchant Gild of Seville, 441.—Handling of bullion in the Indies: (a) mining; (b) assaying; (c) shipping, 442.—III. Treasure fleets, 444.—Attempts to plunder, 445.—Measures taken to combat smuggling and exporting: (a) in America; (b) on fleets; (c) in Spanish waters, 448.—The silver master, 451.—The House of Trade the goal of all American treasure, 453.—How gold and silver were disposed of in Spain: (a) mints; (b) silver merchants, 454.—IV. Volume of imports, Table A, Chart I; explanation of trends, 462.—Gold and silver, Table B, 468.—Relative importance of exporting regions, Chart II, 469.— V, How imports affected motherland and colonies, 469.

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  • Earl J. Hamilton, 1929. "Imports of American Gold and Silver into Spain, 1503–1660," The Quarterly Journal of Economics, President and Fellows of Harvard College, vol. 43(3), pages 436-472.
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    1. Sanchez-Lissen, Rocio, 2017. "Las traducciones al castellano de los libros de Keynes/The Translations into Spanish of the Keynes' Books," Estudios de Economia Aplicada, Estudios de Economia Aplicada, vol. 35, pages 819-848, Agosto.
    2. Irigoin, Alejandra, 2016. "Representation Without Taxation, Taxation Without Consent: The Legacy Of Spanish Colonialism In America," Revista de Historia Económica / Journal of Iberian and Latin American Economic History, Cambridge University Press, vol. 34(2), pages 169-208, September.
    3. Edward J. Dodson, 2020. "The Role of Land Tenure, Taxation, and Monetary Systems in Achieving and Enjoying Free Trade," American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 79(1), pages 87-113, January.
    4. Irigoin, Alejandra, 2018. "Global silver: Bullion or Specie? Supply and demand in the making of the early modern global economy," MPRA Paper 88859, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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