Casa de Contratación de Indias

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:government_agency
gptkb:museum
gptkbp:category gptkb:Spanish_Empire
Colonial administration
History of Seville
gptkbp:country gptkb:Spain
gptkbp:dissolved 1790
gptkbp:founded 1503
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Ferdinand_II_of_Aragon
gptkb:Isabella_I_of_Castile
gptkbp:headquarters_location gptkb:Cádiz
gptkb:Seville
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Casa de Contratación de Indias
gptkbp:languageOfWork gptkb:Spanish
gptkbp:moved_to_Cádiz 1717
gptkbp:notable_member gptkb:Amerigo_Vespucci
gptkb:Juan_Díaz_de_Solís
gptkb:Sebastián_Cabot
gptkbp:oversees gptkb:Council_of_the_Indies
gptkbp:purpose regulate trade with the Americas
oversee navigation and exploration
gptkbp:responsible_for collecting taxes on colonial trade
gathering information about the New World
licensing emigrants to the Americas
maintaining official maps (Padrón Real)
training pilots and navigators
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Flota_de_Indias
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6