El abastecimiento de las primeras flotas a Indias como muestra del comercio interior andaluz. El ejemplo de los productos alimenticios

Abstract

This paper intends to provide some insight into the Andalusian domestic trade by analysing the food supply of two of the first fleets that went to the Indies. The sources used will be the record that involved Bartolomé Colin, Juan Lucero, Bartolomé de Leza and Fernand Pérez in 1495, along with the agreement they signed with Juanoto Berardi, in which the latter agreed to send four more caravels that same year, though it was not executed until the beginning of 1496. The study will confine itself to agricultural goods, especially local items, a fact that happens to be uncommon in manufacturing. By their analysis we expect to find their provenance and the means of transportation used to transport them and to fit the cargo, both during their conveyance and the stowing of the vessels. This will lead to the consolidation of the types and sizes of the containers, as well as the modus operandi of the professionals involved (boatmen, cart drivers, dockers).