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<journal-id>2027-4688</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Fronteras de la Historia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Front. hist.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2027-4688</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Colombiano de Antropología e Historia]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S2027-46882022000200283</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22380/20274688.2328</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Mail concessions for a global empire: correos mayores in the Spanish Empire in America (1514-1620)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Concesiones de correo para un imperio global: los correos mayores dentro del Imperio español en América (1514-1620)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Martínez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nelson Fernando]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Norte  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2022</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>27</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>283</fpage>
<lpage>304</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2027-46882022000200283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2027-46882022000200283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2027-46882022000200283&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: 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.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[Resumen: El presente artículo examina la naturaleza de las concesiones de correos, entregadas a algunos particulares para hacer posible la distribución de información dentro del imperio español durante el siglo XVI. Como hipótesis propongo que dentro del imperio español coexistieron diferentes versiones de las concesiones de correos. Así mismo cuestiono la idea de que las concesiones tenían intenciones monopolísticas. El eje del análisis serán los correos mayores, quienes negociaron y contrataron con la corona el derecho a distribuir la correspondencia hacia epicentros comunicativos. A partir de la comparación entre casos como el de Sevilla, la Corte Real, México y Guatemala el texto demuestra que la "donación" por diferentes vías y la subasta fueron los principales modelos de asignación de las concesiones de correos.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[concesiones]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[correo colonial]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[comunicación]]></kwd>
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