Wood, Trade, and Spanish Naval Power (c.1740-1795) / / Rafał B. Reichert.

• Superior document: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment ; 7
• VerfasserIn: Reichert, Rafał B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill,, 2024.; ©2024
• Year of Publication: 2024
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's Series in the History of the Environment ; 7.; Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (277 pages)

By focussing on timber sourcing, this book sheds light on the exploitation of forests in settings outside the Iberian Peninsula, including foreign states in the southern Baltic region and the colonial territory of New Spain between the c.1740-1795. Analysis of contracts, projects, and their implementation by the Spanish crown in the 18th century allow for a better understanding of the position of the Spanish monarchy’s nearly global efforts to sustain its naval commitments in the Atlantic World.

Table of Contents

Front Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Figures, Maps and Tables -- Figures -- Maps -- Tables -- Introduction -- PART 1 -- 1 Spanish Navy Wood Supplies from the Southern Baltic and Riga -- 1.1 The Marquis of Ensenada and the Supply of Timber for the Spanish Navy -- 1.2 Mathy-Schultz Versus Gil de Meester -- 1.3 Baltic Timber and the Asiento of the Gil de Meester Brothers (1751-1760) -- 1.4 Retortillo and Aragorri's Wood Asiento (1761-1766) -- 1.5 The French Naval Construction System and Soto's, Chone's, and Marraci's Asientos (1772-1782) -- 1.6 Baltic Timber under the Control of the Banco de San Carlos and the Asiento of the Swedish Company Gahn -- 2 The Southern Baltic Hinterland and Timber Extraction -- 2.1 Timber Cutting in Pomerania and along the Odra River and Its Trade in Szczecin -- 2.2 Examples of Forest Management by the Prussian Crown in Silesia, Kłodzko, and Pomerania in the Second Half of the 18th Century -- 2.3 Szczecin and the Spanish Connection during the Second Half of the 18th Century -- 2.4 Filip Chone's Visit to Szczecin and Proposals for the Supply of Prussian Timber to the Spanish Navy in the 1770s -- 2.5 Timber and Its Trade in Gdańsk During the Second Half of the 18th Century -- 2.6 Some Information about Forestry Knowledge and Forest Management Policy in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Second Half of the 18th Century -- 2.7 Spanish Knowledge about Poland, Based on the Description of the Count of Aranda during His Trip to Gdańsk -- 2.8 The Radziwiłł: Timber Felling and Trade with Königsberg, Memel, and Riga -- 2.9 The Radziwiłłs' Land and Forest Estates -- 2.10 Production and Shipment of Wood from the Radziwiłł Estates in 1744-1793 -- 2.11 Examples of Radziwiłł Timber Trade in Southern Baltic Ports -- PART 2 -- 3 The Survey of New Spain's Woodlands.

3.1 The Exploitation of Timber for the Shipbuilding Industry in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the 18th Century -- 3.2 Pine Felling in the Hills of Chimalapas -- 3.3 Pine Felling in Chimalapas under Royal Supervision (1765-1771) -- 3.4 Expenses: Wages and Oxen for the Chimalapas Enterprise -- 3.5 Forest Resources and Naval Wood Sourcing in Sierra Madre Oriental -- 3.6 Antonio María de Bucareli y Ursúa's Land Survey Instructions -- 3.7 Miguel del Corral and His Contribution to the Scientific Knowledge of New Spain -- 3.8 Relation of the Survey Carried out in the Hills of Teziutlán and Perote (Veracruz) -- 3.9 The Major Survey Expedition of Miguel del Corral and Joaquín de Aranda to South of Veracruz -- 3.10 Information about the Exploitation of Natural Resources in Miguel del Corral's Relación -- 3.11 The Survey of the Antigua and Nautla Rivers and the Mecacalco Hills -- 3.12 Survey of the Antigua River in August 1778 and Inspection of a Pine Forest in Mecacalco, Santa María Tlapacoya, and Nautla Rivers in September 1778 -- 3.13 Projects to Source Wood in Other Regions in New Spain, Such as the Usumacinta River and Laguna de Términos -- 3.14 Wood Species in New Spain, Based on Subdelegate Pedro Cabezas's Survey of Huejutla -- 4 Timber Asientos for the Spanish Royal Navy in New Spain -- 4.1 Early Timber Asientos in the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Second Half of the 18th Century -- 4.2 An Attempted Asiento for Masting in Favour of Domingo Ramón Balcarsel in 1768 -- 4.3 The 1783 Order by the Secretary of the Navy, Antonio Valdés, to Undertake Large-Scale Felling in New Spain -- 4.4 The Asientos Admitted in Veracruz (1784-1787) -- 4.5 The Balance of the Wood Asientos Signed in New Spain (1784-1787).

4.6 Wood Extraction Areas under the Jurisdiction of the Viceroyalty of New Spain in the Second Half of the 18th Century: Examples from Cuba and Louisiana -- 4.7 Use of Cuban Wood by Havana's Shipbuilding Industry -- 4.8 Garibaldo's Project as the Model for State-Sponsored Exploitation of Wood in Cuba -- 4.9 Illegal British Timber-Felling Operations in Cuba -- 4.10 The Wood Business in Louisiana and New Orleans in the Late 18th Century -- 4.11 Wood Sourcing Projects Elsewhere in the Greater Caribbean -- 4.12 Woodland Areas in Cartagena de Indias and the Magdalena River -- General Conclusions -- Appendix -- Glossary of Spanish Words -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back Cover.