“Naval financing and supplies in Cartagena de Indias during the eighteenth century”, by José Manuel Serrano Álvarez in the August 2024 issue of the IJMH

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https://doi.org/10.1177/08438714241264519

This article analyses the role of the naval system of Cartagena de Indias during the eighteenth century, especially the elements related to its financing and supply needs. Cartagena was the most important naval base in the southern Caribbean, and this made it necessary to deploy a coastguard system that was capable of curbing smuggling and, at the same time, reinforcing coastal surveillance.