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Cristóbal de Haro
A prominent Flemish-descended merchant in 16th-century Seville, core member of the Haro family, active in the Seville–Antwerp–America trade triangle …
Timeline
- 1550–1570Seville · SevilleAround the Casa de Contratación in Seville he dealt in imported goods and credit, using the Flemish family network to connect to Antwerp's financial markets, and participated in the early financial operations returning American silver to Europe.
- 1571–1580Seville · SevilleIn the 1570s the Haro family trading house reached its peak, connecting Seville, Antwerp, and Lisbon through bills of exchange and letters of credit, providing war financing for the crown and nobility, and participating in the distribution of colonial American goods.
Sources
- The Rise of Merchant Empires: Long-Distance Trade in the Early Modern World, 1350-1750 — James D. Tracy (1990)
- Seville and the Atlantic Trade https://www.britannica.com/place/Seville