La Compañía Barrio y Sordo

This book, constructed from an extensive collection of letters, follows the trajectory of a neogranadian trading company from its origins in 1796 to the Battle of Boyacá. Founded by the peninsulars Juan Barrio and Tomás Sordo, the firm specialized from the beginning in supplying the province of Antioquia. After a mishap with a shipment of illicit goods, the partners realized the need to approach the authorities, establishing their central office in Santa Fe, managing to integrate into one of the most important political and commercial networks of the viceroyalty, closely linked to Viceroy Amar y Borbón. They gradually diversified their portfolio and expanded their geographic presence to cover a large part of the Kingdom's provinces. In addition to their role as wholesalers and distributors, they positioned themselves as an exchange agency and influencer trafficking, as a logistics operator, and as a small bank. Everything was going smoothly until the revolution erupted, forcing them to move the company to Maracaibo and open up to the Atlantic, with the old peninsular intermediation disappearing forever.

CONTENIDO

TABLAS AGRADECIMIENTOS ABREVIATURAS

INTRODUCCIÓN

Negocios y política

Las fuentes

PRIMERA PARTE

LA EDIFICACIÓN COMERCIAL Y POLÍTICA DE LA COMPAÑÍA

1. LA COMPAÑÍA

2. UN TROPEZÓN INICIÁTICO

3. DEL COMERCIO DE SANTA FE Y DEL COMERCIO DE MARACAIBO

4. LA POLÍTICA CORTESANA

5. DOS CAMINOS A SANTA FE

6. LOS AMARISTAS

7. ¿AMERICANOS CONTRA EUROPEOS?

8. NOTICIAS DE GUERRA Y REVOLUCIÓN

SEGUNDA PARTE

REDES, LOGÍSTICA Y PORTAFOLIO

9. GEOGRAFÍA COMERCIAL

10. REDES

11. TRANSPORTES

12. ORO Y PLATA

13. LIBRANZAS

14. ROPAS Y TELAS

15. CACAO Y HARINAS

16. COMERCIO Y MONEDA DURANTE LA RESTAURACIÓN

EPÍLOGO: EL REINO DE BARRIO Y SORDO

CONCLUSIONES

SALA DE MÁQUINAS

FUENTES Y BIBLIOGRAFÍA

Archivo

Periódicos

Fuentes impresas

Bibliografía