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>The Spanish made some prizes (mainly merchants) at >South America when at war with the British. >Some are captured by naval vessels, which usually >sailed from the "apostaderos" (as Callao and >Montevideo) where there were also Prize Courts. Other >are captured by Resguardo's (Customs) vessels or by >privateers. And some of the privateers were owned by >the respective "Consulados" (something like a union of >merchants of the most important ports). >All the vessels must be declared good prize. > >In later years, when more than a hundred of >Hispano-American privateers fought the Spanish (and >sometimes other) vessels, many of the prizes never >arrived to port and were destroyed as useless or sent >to Baltimore or other sympathetic ports (at United >States, Haiti, Danish West Indies or so). >At Colombian ports, the courts judged many times about >prizes sent by Artigas' or other privateers. >A very large work to do ... >Bye >Gerardo

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