Aspectos do cotidiano dos mercadores na Colônia do Sacramento durante o governo de Antônio Pedro de Vasconcelos (1722-1749)

Abstract

This paper aims to reconstruct the daily routine of the merchants in Colônia do Sacramento: the problems they faced with the Spanish officials' who attempted to inhibit illegal trade, the competition against the British smugglers and their role in the defense of the settlement during the siege of 1735-1737.