Wood, trade, and Spanish naval power (c.1740-1795) / by Rafał B. Reichert ; with the participation of Karolina Juszczyk, Daniel Prusaczyk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reichert, Rafal, author.

Contributor:

E.J. Brill (Firm)

Series:

Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 7.

Brill's series in the history of the environment ; volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lumber trade--Spain--History.

Lumber trade.

Spain--History, Naval.

Spain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2024]

Contents:

Front Cover

Contents

Acknowledgements

Figures, Maps and Tables

Figures

Maps

Tables

Introduction

PART 1

1 Spanish Navy Wood Supplies from the Southern Baltic and Riga

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

1.2 Mathy-Schultz Versus Gil de Meester

1.3 Baltic Timber and the Asiento of the Gil de Meester Brothers (1751-1760)

1.4 Retortillo and Aragorri's Wood Asiento (1761-1766)

1.5 The French Naval Construction System and Soto's, Chone's, and Marraci's Asientos (1772-1782)

1.6 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

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

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

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

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

2.5 Timber and Its Trade in GdaDsk During the Second Half of the 18th Century

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

2.7 Spanish Knowledge about Poland, Based on the Description of the Count of Aranda during His Trip to GdaDsk

2.8 The Radziwiłł: Timber Felling and Trade with K̲nigsberg, Memel, and Riga

2.9 The Radziwiłłs' Land and Forest Estates

2.10 Production and Shipment of Wood from the Radziwiłł Estates in 1744-1793

2.11 Examples of Radziwiłł Timber Trade in Southern Baltic Ports

PART 2

3 The Survey of New Spain's Woodlands.

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

3.2 Pine Felling in the Hills of Chimalapas

3.3 Pine Felling in Chimalapas under Royal Supervision (1765-1771)

3.4 Expenses: Wages and Oxen for the Chimalapas Enterprise

3.5 Forest Resources and Naval Wood Sourcing in Sierra Madre Oriental

3.6 Antonio Mar̕a de Bucareli y Urs͠a's Land Survey Instructions

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

3.8 Relation of the Survey Carried out in the Hills of Teziutl̀n and Perote (Veracruz)

3.9 The Major Survey Expedition of Miguel del Corral and Joaqu̕n de Aranda to South of Veracruz

3.10 Information about the Exploitation of Natural Resources in Miguel del Corral's Relaci̤n

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

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

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

3.14 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

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

4.2 An Attempted Asiento for Masting in Favour of Domingo Ram̤n Balcarsel in 1768

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

4.4 The Asientos Admitted in Veracruz (1784-1787)

4.5 The Balance of the Wood Asientos Signed in New Spain (1784-1787).

4.6 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

4.7 Use of Cuban Wood by Havana's Shipbuilding Industry

4.8 Garibaldo's Project as the Model for State-Sponsored Exploitation of Wood in Cuba

4.9 Illegal British Timber-Felling Operations in Cuba

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

4.11 Wood Sourcing Projects Elsewhere in the Greater Caribbean

4.12 Woodland Areas in Cartagena de Indias and the Magdalena River

General Conclusions

Appendix

Glossary of Spanish Words

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Leiden, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.

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Other Format:

Print version: Reichert, Rafal. Wood, trade, and Spanish naval power (c.1740-1795)

ISBN:

9789004689640

9004689648

Publisher Number:

90100929323

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