From the Sea to the Land: Joseph and Isaac Capriles and the Transition of the Sephardim in Curaçao (18th–19th Centuries)
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https://doi.org/10.15648/hc.47.2025.4428Keywords:
trade, Individual, Mercantilism, Modernity, SephardimAbstract
This paper presents the story of Joseph and Isaac Capriles, Sephardim from Curaçao whose unique trajectory marks a turning point in the premodern way of life and business in Curaçao. It is framed within local history with the use of primary sources. Both had to negotiate, internally and with their social environment, to balance the worldview that characterized their community with the new options of modern thought. They did not break away from their religious community, thus becoming figures of two worlds and two ways of thinking, which are reflected in their intra-community actions and their business dealings.
Author Biography
Blanca Isabel De Lima Urdaneta, Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda
Docente titular jubilada de la Universidad Nacional Experimental Francisco de Miranda, Coro, estado Falcón, Venezuela. Es Doctora en Historia por la Universidad Central de Venezuela, Magíster en Arquitectura (investigación y docencia), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Licenciada en Antropología Social por la Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, México, DF. Correo electrónico: blancadelima@hotmail.com.
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