Consuls and Commerce: the Development of Malta’s Consular Service in Eighteenth-Century Spain = Los cónsules y el comercio: El desarrollo del servicio consular de Malta en la España del siglo XVIII

<p>Merchants in foreign lands trading in alien and occasionally hostile cities naturally banded together and often appointed a spokesman or leader to conduct affairs of common interest with the local authorities. In due course their role was taken over by consuls nominated by sending states an...

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Main Author: Carmel Vassallo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) 2015-12-01
Series:Espacio, Tiempo y Forma. Serie IV, Historia Moderna
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Online Access:http://revistas.uned.es/index.php/ETFIV/article/view/15633