[PW] Re: Ship Manifestos and the Archives of the Indies

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Only part of the Archivo General de Indias was digitalized using requested material as a guideline. See: 
   
  Computerization of the Archivo General de Indias: Strategies and Results
http://www.clir.org/pubs/reports/gonzalez/contents.html 
   
  You can check with Archivo General de Indias  info.archivos at mcu.es for online availability of the databases.
   
  See also: 
  http://aer.mcu.es/sgae/index_aer.jsp#
  http://www.mcu.es/jsp/plantilla_wai.jsp?id=1&area=archivos 
  
Russell Magnaghi <rmagnagh at nmu.edu> wrote: 
  Hello-

In the past I heard that for the 1992 Quincentennial of the discovery of
America, a number of Spanish insurance companies digitized many of the
holdings of the Archives of the Indies (Archivo General de las Indias). Is
this true? How does one use them in this format? Subscription fee? 

In particular I would like to know, whether or not the archives have been
digitized, where I might find ship manifestos of ships sailing from the
Americas to Seville or Spain? I am especially interested in the medicinal
and foodstuffs such as vanilla and chocolate that were shipped to Spain.

Any assistance will be appreciated. Thank you.

Russell M. Magnaghi

Professor of History

Northern Michigan University

Marquette, MI 49855

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