Abstract

GIL BLANCO, Emiliano. Veracruz and the Influence of Mercantile Activity on the City’s Everyday Life (1573-1650). Hist. mex. [online]. 2024, vol.73, n.4, pp.1504-1543.  Epub Apr 22, 2024. ISSN 2448-6531.  https://doi.org/10.24201/hm.v73i4.4758.

This article presents a peculiar approach to the history of everyday life in the port city of Veracruz through three axes. It starts out with a brief sketch of its origins, from the first settlement founded by Hernán Cortés in 1519 to the city’s definitive establishment in 1597. Secondly, it addresses its population during the second half of the sixteenth century and the first half of the seventeenth. Lastly, it reveals the conflicts produced by the West Indies Fleets and the prices of basic goods. The importance of Veracruz in the Castilian monopoly system, as the port of trade between Europe and the Caribbean, would not be reflected in the city’s development. Its location, its population and its economy would always be conditioned by the seasonality of fleets.

Keywords : Veracruz; demographics; localization; fleets; conflicts; prices.

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