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versión impresa ISSN 2027-4688versión On-line ISSN 2539-4711
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GONZALEZ MARTINEZ, Nelson Fernando. Mail concessions for a global empire: correos mayores in the Spanish Empire in America (1514-1620). Front. hist. [online]. 2022, vol.27, n.2, pp.283-304. Epub 01-Jul-2022. ISSN 2027-4688. https://doi.org/10.22380/20274688.2328.
The nature of mail concessions awarded to private parties in order to enable the distribution of information within the Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century is examined. I propose the hypothesis that several versions of mail concessions coexisted within the Spanish Empire. Likewise, I question the notion that these mail concessions were intended to gain monopoly control. The analysis concentrates on correos mayores, through which contracts were negotiated and entered into with the crown for the rights to distribute correspondence in several communication epicenters. By means of a comparison between the situations in Sevilla, the Royal Court, Mexico, and Guatemala, the article shows that "gifts" by various means, as well as auctions, were the main models for allocating mail concessions.
Palabras clave : Correos mayores; postal agents; concessions; colonial mail; communication.