The Free Trade Regulations include Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Spanish-American trading system.

12 de octubre de 1778 · All islands

The Free Trade Regulations include Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Spanish-American trading system.
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The Royal Regulations and Tariffs for Free Trade between Spain and the Indies, issued on 12 October 1778, included Santa Cruz de Tenerife among the authorised Spanish ports. The measure reorganised trade between Spain and America and produced a new balance in Canarian commerce.

Sources

  • Santana Pérez, Juan Manuel, Comercio canario-americano a fines del Antiguo Régimen (1999)[↗]