BIP! Finder - Postal networks and global letters in Cartagena de Indias: the overseas mail in the Spanish empire in the eighteenth century

2021 • Postal networks and global letters in Cartagena de Indias: the overseas mail in the Spanish empire in the eighteenth century

Authors: Moreno-Cabanillas, Rocío

Venue: Atlantic Studies

Type: Publication

Abstract: In the eighteenth century, all European colonial empires undertook the task of institutionalising their postal systems. Within the framework of the Bourbon reforms, the Spanish monarchy embarked upon reforming the postal system within the Spanish America with the aim of making transatlantic communications more reliable and regular. These plans, however, were hampered by an ongoing power struggle between all agents with a stake in the circulation of information. This is clearly reflected in the postal office in Cartagena de Indias, which was a k... (read more)

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Topics: Economic history

DOI: 10.1080/14788810.2021.1902199

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