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Close ✕Seville
The improbable capital of the Atlantic trade: a river port some eighty kilometres up the Guadalquivir from the sea, chosen over the coastal harbours precisely because a river gives a crown…
37.4, -6.0 · approximate · Roman origins; monopoly port of the Indies 1503 – 1717
On the world
- A place in: Age of Exploration · 8 places
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Connections
- connected to The Atlantic crossing (Carrera de Indias) — Seville was the monopoly port of the Indies trade until the transfer of the privilege downriver to Cádiz.
- is located in of Casa de Contratación (House of Trade), Seville — The House of Trade was established in the Alcázar at Seville, eighty kilometres up the Guadalquivir from the sea.
Mission history61 missions · 1959 → 2026 · 2 planned
1145 objects · 280 located (1 withheld pending verification) · 865 unlocated · No relief basemap · marks drawn only from sourced coordinates