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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Cabalgada , 14 -15

Cabildo, 23 , 35 , 141. See also Caracas cabildo

Cacao:

farming, 33 -34, 46 , 63 , 73 -74, 86 , 91 -93, 95 -96, 100 , 105 -106, 121 , 125 , 132 -135;

hacienda censuses, 8 ;

impact on Caracas society, 53 , 65 ;

prices, 60 -62, 91 -93, 126 , 137 -138, 148 , 155 , 165 , 185 -186, 189 , 203 , 208 , 243 -244;

1684 hacienda census, 66 -68, 70 , 99 , 100 , 106 , 121 , 204 ;

1720 hacienda census, 67 , 100 , 106 -107, 121 -123, 126 -127, 204 ;

1744 hacienda census, 67 , 106 -107, 121 -123, 126 -127, 182 ;

trade, 3 -6, 42 , 44 -45, 48 -49, 52 , 55 , 62 -65, 70 -71, 99 , 148 , 155 , 157 , 165 , 179 -187, 242 ;

transportation to La Guaira, 55 , 124 -125, 132 -133, 144 , 160 , 243 ;

trees indigenous to Caracas region, 3 .

See also Alternativa; Repartimiento por padrón; Tercio buque

Cádiz, 4

Caldera, María Candelaria, cacao haciendas of, 129 -136

Canal, Bartolomé de la, 18

Canarios. See Canary Islanders

Canary Islanders:

immigrants to Caracas, 4 , 54 , 106 ;

place in Caracas province society, 67 , 106 , 122 , 125 -128, 138 , 159 -160, 174 -175, 251 ;

role in 1749 rebellion, 5 , 143 -148, 168 ;

struggle for land in Tuy Valley, 109 -111, 119 -120

Cañas y Merino, José Francisco, 112 , 197

Candelaria. See Caracas, Candelaria parish

Capaya (valley), 144 , 185 , 191

Caraballeda (valley), 49 , 57 , 69

Caracas, 49 , 61 , 69 ;

Altagracia parish, 217 ;

Candelaria parish, 67 , 146 -148, 152 , 154 , 168 , 173 -175, 251 ;

Cathedral parish, 217 , 220 , 224 , 238 ;

climate, 15 -16, 20 -21, 49 , 80 ;

ejido, 26 , 29 , 31 , 33 , 43 ;

foundation, 1 , 13 ;

plaza reconstruction, 246 -247;

1759 household census, 8 , 72 -73, 217 -218;

trapiches in region (1752), 204 .

See also Elites; Portuguese

Caracas cabildo:

activities during cacao period, 65 -66, 95 -96;

activities during wheat period, 14 -16, 18 , 23 -24, 28 -35 passim, 41 -43, 52 , 86 -88;

gubernatorial authority, struggle for, 114 -117, 163 , 196 -200;

León's rebellion, role in, 145 -146, 148 -150, 152 -156, 163 ;

protest against Basque policies, 181 -182, 186 -187;

Ricardos's policies against, 244 -247, 249 , 317 n. 3

Caracas Company. See Guipuzcoana Company

Carrasquer, Nofre, 22 -23, 40 -41, 43

Carrasquer Rada, Ana, 193

Carrillo y Andrade, Lope, 196 , 198

Cartagena, 3 , 15 , 18 , 21 -23, 28 , 32 -33, 39 -43, 45 , 56 -58, 78

Castellanos, Luis, 143 -144, 146 -153, 155

Castillo, Francisco, 58

Cata (valley), 206

Cattle ranching, 51 , 66 , 68 , 79

Catuche (stream), 25 , 28 -31

Caucagua (valley), 121 -122, 124 -125, 139 , 143 -145, 185 , 206 -208, 212

Cepi (valley), 46 , 59 -60, 63 , 87 -97, 209

Chacao (stream), 25 , 26 , 28 , 76 , 79

Charles III, 241 , 254

Charles V, 2

Choroní (valley), 47 , 54 -56

Chuao (valley), 56 -57, 64 -65, 87 , 99 , 170

Chuspa (valley), 49 , 100 , 113 , 211

Cisneros, Joseph Luis de, 246

Collado, Pablo, 1

Compadrazgo , 25

Company of Noble Adventurers, 9 , 254

Conception convent, 88 -89, 98 -99

Coro, 2 , 18 , 111 -112, 197

Council of the Indies, 120 , 153 , 157 -158, 163 , 174 , 177 , 184 , 187 -188

Cubagua, 1

Cumaná, 171

Cumanagoto (Indians), 14 , 29

Curaçao, 64 , 111 -112, 156 , 170 . See also Dutch traders; Smuggling

Curiepe (valley), 108 -114, 117 -121, 144 , 185 , 239

Cuyuagua (valley), 196


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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/