The Casa de Contratacion is translated in English to the "House of Trade." The Casa de Contratacion was located in Seville, Spain. Seville was where the trade with the Americas was regulated before the eighteenth century. In later years the power that Seville and the Casa de Contratacion once had would be abolished by Charles III of the Bourbon line, who took over after the Spanish Hapsburg line ended.
Overseas trade was under direct crown control, and Seville, seat of the Casade Contratación, had the monopoly of the American trade during the 16th century.
The Casade la Contratación was transferred to Cádiz in 1717.
La Casade Contratación (The House of Trade) was a government agency under the Spanish Empire of the 16th and 17th centuries, which attempted to control all Spanish exploration and colonization.
By the late 17th century, La Casa had fallen into bureaucratic gridlock, and the Empire as a whole was failing, due primarily to Spain's inability to finance both war on the Continent, and a global empire.
In later years the power that Seville and the CasadeContratacion once had would be abolished by Charles III of the Bourbon line, who took over after the Spanish Habsburg line ended.
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