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José Manuel Díaz Blanco
Universidad de Sevilla
No 31 (2022), Articles
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15304/ohm.31.7697
Submitted: 06-05-2021 Accepted: 11-01-2022 Published: 11-04-2022
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Abstract

What were the commercial companies of the Carrera de Indias like and how did they operate? This study aims to contribute to answering this question, which is still poorly resolved by specialized studies. The proposal is based on the analysis of a source little used until now, the cuentas de factoraje, which provides us with information on the form of the companies, the expenses structure, the investment in goods, the problem of taxation and fraud, or the calculation of profits and their distribution among the economic actors.