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    The Casa de Contratación (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈkasa ðe kontɾataˈθjon], House of Trade) or Casa de la Contratación de las Indias ("House of Trade of...
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    de Avilés and Álvaro de Bazán designed the definitive model of the galleon in the 1550s. Spain controlled the trade through the Casa de Contratación based...
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    Casa de Contratación de Indias. Alcázar of Seville (building built from 9th until 18th centuries), was other seat for the Casa de Contratación de Indias...
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    (Admiral's Room) Casa de Contratación (Casa de Contratación) Patio del Crucero (Courtyard of the Crossing) Palacio Mudéjar or de Pedro I (Mudéjar Palace...
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    gateway of the Spanish Empire's trans-atlantic trade, managed from the Casa de Contratación, Seville became one of the largest cities in Western Europe in the...
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    created position of piloto mayor (master navigator) for Spain's Casa de Contratación (House of Trade) in Seville, a post he held until his death in 1512...
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    gained only 1,550,000, the rest going to the Casa de Contratación and the Consulado. Casa de Contratación Spanish Empire Spanish treasure fleet Stein,...
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    Cuesta (2004). "Alonso de Santa Cruz, cartógrafo y fabricante de instrumentos náuticos de la Casa de Contratación" [Alonso de Santa Cruz, Cartographer...
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    the Casa de Contratación, established in 1503. All returning ships had to report any details of new lands or discoveries they had made to the Casa de Contratación...
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    above those being protected. Sometime before 1536, officials at the Casa de Contratación commissioned the painting as the central panel of an altarpiece that...
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