Swedish consuls in Galicia: the economic function of consuls in turbulent times (1793–1806)

Figures & data

Table 1. Amount of recorded passages per year to Galicia.

Route	Cadiz – Galicia	Aliante – Galicia	Setubal – Galicia	Total
1773	2	–	–	2
1774	1	–	–	1
1775	4	–	–	4
1776	2	–	–	2
1778	3	1	–	4
1779	2	–	–	2
1786	5	–	–	5
1791	1	0	–	1
1792	5	0	–	5
1796–1797	15	0	21	29
1800	1	10	–	11
Total	41	11	21	84

Sources: RA, KoK, E6aa:12 & E6aa:67, skeppslistor från konsuler i Alicante & Cadiz; (López Martínez, 2007, p. 98)

Table 2. Number of ships entering A Coruña’s port by flag and tonnage between September 1797 and September 1799.

	N_ships	N_sTn_Unk	T_sTn_Kn	Tot_Max	Tot_Min	Av_sTn_Kn	TTDeduc
Spain	294	63	7,589	400	6	32,85	9,658,73
U. S. A	32	2	3,866	300	65	128,87	4,123,73
France	29	28	30	–	–	–	–
Denmark-Norway	25	2	3,240	300	25	140,87	3,521,74
Great Britain	17	7	1,362	338	60	136,20	2,315,40
Prussia	13	1	2,235	400	30	186,25	2,421,25
Sweden	12	1	2,080	400	80	189,09	2,269,09
Hamburg	9	0	1,160	300	20	128,88	1,160,00
Portugal	9	5	520	250	80	130,00	1,170,00
Holy Roman Empire	2	0	270	150	120	–	270,00
Morroco	2	1	35	–	–	–	35,00
Oldenburg	2	0	139	114	25	–	139,00
Dutch Republic	1	0	70	–	–	–	70,00
Total / Av.	447	110	22,596	295	51	134	27,153,00
Abbreviations: [N_ships]: number of ships; [N_sTn_Unk]: number of ships with tonnage is not provided; [T_sTn_Kno]: total of tonnage provided; [Tot_Max]: Ship which highst tonnage provided; [Tot_Min]: Ship with the lowest tonnage provided; [Av_sTn_Kno]: Average Toonage of ships provided; [Ttdeduc]: Deduction of total tonnage applying average for unknows.

Source: Archives Diplomatiques de France (La Courneuve, Paris): Correspondance consulaire, La Corogne, 1792–1801, T.16.

Table 3. Cargo and source ports of Swedish ships (in percentages).

Swedish ships
Salt	Setubal (Portugal)	45,5
Wheat and tallow	Hamburg and Rostock	27,3
Spirits, wine, and soap	Barcelona (Spain)	9,1
‘Spanish Prisoners’	Cowes (Wight Island)	9,1
Campeche Timber and others	Norfolk (Virginia)	9,1

Source: See Table 2.

Table 4. Swedish ships travelling to Galicia, recorded in the Sound toll registers.

Years	Swedish Pomerania	Sweden & Finland	Total
1755–1765	0	5	5
1775–1785	0	6	6
1795–1805	74	9	83

Source: https://www.soundtoll.nl/

López Martínez, A. L. (2007). El abastecimiento de sal a las pesquerías gallegas, 1780–1816. Obradoiro de historia moderna, 16, 91–112.

 Google Scholar