Casa de Contratación
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The Casa de Contratación was a powerful Spanish royal agency based in Seville that controlled and administered Spain’s overseas trade and navigation with its American colonies during the early modern period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Casa de Contratación canonical | 9 |
| Casa de la Contratación | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T223394 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Casa de Contratación Context triple: [Spanish galleon trade, regulation, Casa de Contratación]
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A.
Torre Mayor
Torre Mayor is a prominent skyscraper in Mexico City, known as one of the tallest and most seismically advanced office buildings in Latin America.
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B.
The Alhambra
The Alhambra is a collection of essays, sketches, and stories by Washington Irving inspired by his stay at the Alhambra palace in Granada, blending history, legend, and travel narrative.
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C.
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the grand official residence of the Spanish royal family and one of Europe’s largest and most opulent palaces, used today mainly for state ceremonies.
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D.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
La Moneda Palace
La Moneda Palace is the neoclassical presidential palace and seat of government of Chile, located in central Santiago.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Casa de Contratación Target entity description: The Casa de Contratación was a powerful Spanish royal agency based in Seville that controlled and administered Spain’s overseas trade and navigation with its American colonies during the early modern period.
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A.
Torre Mayor
Torre Mayor is a prominent skyscraper in Mexico City, known as one of the tallest and most seismically advanced office buildings in Latin America.
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B.
The Alhambra
The Alhambra is a collection of essays, sketches, and stories by Washington Irving inspired by his stay at the Alhambra palace in Granada, blending history, legend, and travel narrative.
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C.
Royal Palace of Madrid
The Royal Palace of Madrid is the grand official residence of the Spanish royal family and one of Europe’s largest and most opulent palaces, used today mainly for state ceremonies.
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D.
Castillo San Cristóbal
Castillo San Cristóbal is a massive 18th-century Spanish fortress in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built to protect the city from land-based attacks and now part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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E.
La Moneda Palace
La Moneda Palace is the neoclassical presidential palace and seat of government of Chile, located in central Santiago.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Spanish royal agency
ⓘ
colonial administrative institution ⓘ |
| continent | Europe ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| dissolvedInYear | 1790 ⓘ |
| employed |
cartographers
ⓘ
cosmographers ⓘ judges ⓘ piloto mayor ⓘ treasury officials ⓘ |
| era |
Age of Discovery
ⓘ
linked to:
Age of Exploration
Early modern period ⓘ Spanish Golden Age ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Catholic Monarchs
ⓘ
Spanish Crown ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish monarchy
|
| establishedInYear | 1503 ⓘ |
| governedByLaw | Castilian law ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
Seville
ⓘ
linked to:
Seville, Spain
|
| jurisdictionOver |
trade with New Spain
ⓘ
trade with Peru ⓘ trade with Spanish America ⓘ trade with the Caribbean ⓘ |
| language | Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Andalusia
ⓘ
Crown of Castile ⓘ Seville ⓘ
linked to:
Seville, Spain
|
| mainFunction |
administration of navigation to the Americas
ⓘ
collection of royal revenues from colonial trade ⓘ control of emigration to the New World ⓘ mapping and cartography of overseas territories ⓘ registration of ships and cargoes ⓘ regulation of trade with the Indies ⓘ training and licensing of pilots ⓘ |
| movedInYear | 1717 ⓘ |
| movedTo |
Cádiz
ⓘ
linked to:
Cadiz
|
| operatedIn |
Americas
ⓘ
Atlantic Ocean ⓘ Spanish Empire ⓘ |
| produced | Padrón Real ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
Seville Cathedral complex ⓘ
linked to:
Seville Cathedral
Spanish treasure fleet ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish galleon trade
|
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| subordinateTo |
Council of the Indies
ⓘ
Spanish monarchy ⓘ |
| supervised |
Spanish treasure fleets
ⓘ
linked to:
Spanish galleon trade
flota system ⓘ galleons to the Indies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Casa de Contratación Description of subject: The Casa de Contratación was a powerful Spanish royal agency based in Seville that controlled and administered Spain’s overseas trade and navigation with its American colonies during the early modern period.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Casa de Contratación