Reflexiones sobre el comercio español á Indias / por el Sr. Dn. Pedro Rodríguez Campomanes. [ca. 1790]

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Reflexiones sobre el comercio español á Indias / por el Sr. Dn. Pedro Rodríguez Campomanes. [ca. 1790]

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An extensive history of Spanish commerce with the countries of America, which explores the reasons for the flourishing and the decline of this commerce, and proposes ways of improving Spanish trade and shipping.

[663] leaves, bound ; 32 cm.

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Spanish diplomat, statesman, jurist, economist, and writer. Campomanes was an important figure of the Spanish Enlightenment and Charles III, who recognized his intellect, liberal ideas, and administrative skills, named him head of the Consejo Real y Supremo de Castilla in July 1762. Campomanes criticized Spain's failure to develop a strong agricultural economy and her one-sided focus on the mineral wealth of Peru and Mexico as the causes of her moral and economic decline...