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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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