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Crew Salaries Crew Salaries - Officers and soldiers

Casa de la Contratación de las Indias

Archivos Estatales

Archivos Estatales
Spain

List of the salaries owed to 107 of the crew members of the expedition to the Maluku Islands captained by Ferdinand Magellan.

The amounts due to the 107 crew members do not include the amounts given to them in Seville as relief accounting for their salary. As such, the first person cited, Ferdinand Magellan (sheet 1 recto), was owed 116,533 (1 maravedis = 4.50 USD) maravedíes (Iberian coins), and was paid 48,000 before embarking. His time of service had been 20 months and 21 days, amounting to 8,000 maravedíes monthly.

Details

  • Title: Crew Salaries Crew Salaries - Officers and soldiers
  • Creator: Casa de la Contratación de las Indias
  • Date: 1522
  • Provenance: Archivo General de Indias
  • Type: Document
  • Original Source: Archivo General de Indias
  • External Link: PARES
  • Medium: Paper
  • Identifier: Patronato,34,R.4, 18 RTO (lombardero)

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