The analysis of passenger traffic from Seville to the New World in 1543-1544, when the Leyes Nuevas were issued, illustrates the dynamics of emigration in a period which hitherto has not been studied. The monarch’s legislative intervention affected migration movements in those two years, and so, although in the sixteenth century as a whole there were more Andalusian than any other emigrants, in 1543-1544 there were more Castilians. For the first time in studies on the subject, the composition, origins and destinations of the outward migrationflow are presented, together with details of movement from the Indies to Spain in 1544. The comparison between repatriations and expatriations shows that outward migratory flows from Spain to America and the inward flows from America to Spain were fairly evenly balanced, a situation for which the exceptional events of those years was responsible. Lastly, it is shown that, without any knowledge of the emigration balance, it is impossible to evaluate to what extent Spanish emigration to the Indies was a negative factor for demographic development of those regions, which contributed the most to the peoplig of America.

Migratory movements between Spain and the New World and the Leyes Nuevas: Passengers in both Directions in 1543-1544

D'ESPOSITO, Francesco
2005-01-01

Abstract

The analysis of passenger traffic from Seville to the New World in 1543-1544, when the Leyes Nuevas were issued, illustrates the dynamics of emigration in a period which hitherto has not been studied. The monarch’s legislative intervention affected migration movements in those two years, and so, although in the sixteenth century as a whole there were more Andalusian than any other emigrants, in 1543-1544 there were more Castilians. For the first time in studies on the subject, the composition, origins and destinations of the outward migrationflow are presented, together with details of movement from the Indies to Spain in 1544. The comparison between repatriations and expatriations shows that outward migratory flows from Spain to America and the inward flows from America to Spain were fairly evenly balanced, a situation for which the exceptional events of those years was responsible. Lastly, it is shown that, without any knowledge of the emigration balance, it is impossible to evaluate to what extent Spanish emigration to the Indies was a negative factor for demographic development of those regions, which contributed the most to the peoplig of America.
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