EL MUNDO EN UNA NUEZ: DE CALCUTA Y CANTÓN A BUENOS AIRES EN UNA ÉPOCA DE GUERRA. LA INTRODUCCIÓN DE EFECTOS ASIÁTICOS EN LOS MERCADOS SURAMERICANOS, 1805–1807. (December 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ibarra, Antonio
• Editors: Pérez-García, Manuel
• Is Part Of: Revista de historia económica. Volume 38:Number 3(2020)
• Page Start: 485
• Page End: 518
• Publication Date: 2020-12
• Subjects: Global History, -- Asia and America Trade, -- Navigation and War, -- Rio de la Plata; N15, -- N46, -- N76, -- N26; Historia global, -- Comercio Asia y América, -- Navegación y guerra, -- Rio de la Plata; Economic history -- Periodicals; Economics -- Periodicals; Spain -- Economic conditions -- Periodicals; 330.05
• DOI: 10.1017/S0212610919000259
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0212-6109

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article explores the impact of Asian goods in the Rio de la Plata area through the navigation course of two frigates of the Royal Company of Phillipines, forced by the maritime conflict between the Spanish and British Empires, dock in the Southern estuary. Examining the value and traits of the shipment and the details of the ' comercio de pacotilla ', this study analyzes the distribution of the goods from China, Philippines and in particular, India, in the port basin, the hinterland of the Viceroyalty, and its connections to the Alto Peruvian space, the trans-Andean region, and the Littoral way to Paraguay. This episode enables an understanding of the distribution of goods, as well as a more detailed recognition of the actors of this traffic and a renewed evaluation of the role of the company in the global market of Asian goods.