El comercio de los esclavos canarios en Italia a finales del siglo xv

From the moment of the discovery, the Canary Islands have been the object of interest to Majorcans, Castilians and Portuguese, who saw in their inhabitants the opportunity to obtain slaves and make an easy profit. Thanks to the data collected by various authors and to new documents, the article reconstructs a synthetic picture of the Canarian slave trade in Spain and in Italy at the end of the 15th century. Special attention has been paid in their origin, destination, sex and age composition and in the structure of the sale price.