El tráfico norteamericano en Tenerife a finales del siglo XVIII a través de los informes consulares franceses
Keywords:
Canarias, Estados Unidos, Canadá, navegación, comercio, consulado francés, Tenerife, mercancías, importaciones, exportaciones, embarcaciones, USA, Canada, canarian trade, merchandise, ports, french consul, eighteenth centuryAbstract
Este artículo pretende hacer un estudio de la navegación de Tenerofe a finales del siglo XVIII, en concreto durante las décadas de los 80 v 90 de esa centuria, centrado en uno de sus aspectos: los tratos que mantenía esta isla con Norteamérica. Para ello hemos manejado fundamentalmente las fuentes consulares francesas que hoy en día se encuentran en los Archivos Nacionales Franceses. Es por eso que analizamos las entradas de embarcaciones de esta nacionalidad, comparándolas con las de otros Estados, cuáles eran las mercancías que se traían y cuáles las que se exportaba, su importancia como transportistas, los puertos con los que se comerciaba, el valor de las mercancías, la tipología y el tonelaje de las naves, etc. En definitiva, la pretensión de este artículo, es ayudar a un mejor conocimiento de unos de los principales mercados canarios a final del siglo XVIII: los Estados Unidos.
In this article we have tried to study the navigation of the island of Tenerife at the end of the eighteenth century; to be precise during the decades of the eighties and nineties. We concentrate on the trade between this island and North America, including Canada, and especially with the United States, after its recent independence. With this aim, we have consulted the National French Archives, and the news of their consuls at the Canary Islands. For this reason we study the ships' arrivals, tonnage, typology, merchandise transported and their value, the role of their maritime calls, what were their exports, the ports with which they traded, and their importance as intermediaries with other regions. Finally, we want to have more knowledge about one of the principal Canarian markets at the end of the eighteenth century.
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