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Silver coin 23,750 pesos

Gold coin  2,600 pesos

Silver bar 79 marks

Cochineal 425 arrobas 2 libras

Indigo 115 arrobas 21 libras

Vanilla beans  220,000

Cacao from Soconuso 97 arrobas 14 libras

Ipomea purga 2,419 arrobas 17 libras

Annatto 217 arrobas 15 libras

Balsam 7 arrobas 17 libras

Powder of Oaxaca (snuff?) 2 arrobas

Zebadilla 268 arrobas 9 libras

Gifts  17 boxes

Copper Ingots 12,471 libras

Tanned Hides 2,375

Goat Skins 25

Ceramic Bowls 29 boxes

Pictures 6 boxes

Chocolate 1 box

Copal 5 arrobas

Cacao from Caracas 8 arrobas 20 libras

Register of what was being carried to Spain by the ship El Nuevo Constante, one of those which sailed with the fleet commanded by Don Augustin de Idiaquez.

English translation of original cargo list shown on right.

1 arroba= 25 pounds, 1 libra= 1 pound.

Partial list of cargo initially loaded on El Nuevo Constante.

Image courtesy of España, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte.

Archivo General de Indias, AGI, Contratación, 2071.

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