The Carrera of Paraguay at the End of the 18th Century

Abstract

During the last three decades of the 18th century Paraguay underwent a series of political and economic transformations which have allowed for the consideration of the period as the Golden Age. To the impetus acquired with the creation of the Mayoralties Régime, we must add the benefit derived from the economic measures taken in 1778. The thorough use of the Customs guides and tornaguías permitted to open ways of investigation starting from the data provided by them. On this article, the emphasis is laid on the protagonists intervening in the fluvial trade so as to show the diversification which they performed and which allowed them to hold a strong influence on the whole mercantile practice of the province and its connections with other interchange centres.