MASAS FORESTALES PARA LAS ARMADAS: LAS ÁREAS JURISDICCIONALES DE MONTES Y PLANTÍOS (SIGLOS XVI-XVIII).

Due to the need to encourage the many naval units with which the integrity of the Spanish monarchy's territories were preserved as well as it's connections overseas, they evolved in the modern age an institutional system that began with the Habsburgs. It was further developed with the Bourbons and affected vast areas of land whose trees, helpful for shipyards, were linked to the royal service and of those who the surrounding populations were deprived. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]