Preferred Citation: Ferry, Robert J. The Colonial Elite of Early Caracas: Formation and Crisis, 1567-1767. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1989 1989. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5r29n9wb/


 

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FANEGA. A dry measure; in Caracas context 1.5 bushels.

FANEGADA DE SEMBRADURA. Area planted with one fanega of seed.

FLOTA. Fleet; Spain's transatlantic convoy system.

FORASTERO. Outsider, nonresident.

FORTALEZA. Fort.

FRAZADA MESTIZA. Woolen blanket made in Mexico.


 

Preferred Citation: Ferry, Robert J. The Colonial Elite of Early Caracas: Formation and Crisis, 1567-1767. Berkeley:  University of California Press,  c1989 1989. http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/ft5r29n9wb/