| Sumario: | The spatial patterns of the flows of textiles in New Granada between 1780 and 1800 are quantitatively studied through customs records the Spanish royal treasury. By these, it is possible to identify the different roles that towns, villages, and cities play as producers, intermediaries, and final destinations in the circulation of domestically produced manufactures, as well as the magnitude of these flows. Based on network analysis, the structure of this circulation network is studied: Santa Fe acts as the main intermediary for textiles produced in the Socorro province, followed by Mompox. Within this province, Socorro and Girón are identified as the two nodes that act as export ports, connecting the productive sector within the region with the interregional market. Socorro links the region with Santa Fe, while Girón exports textiles to Mompox and has practically no links with Santa Fe. In turn, the Socorro-Santa Fe-Honda-Antioquia circuit circulates the largest volume of textiles, a conjecture already outlined in historiography and by contemporary observers, but never quantified. The methodology used provides some elements for a new perspective on the level of economic fragmentation in New Granada before Independence, a theme that has been transversal to the historiography of the 18th and 19th centuries in New Granada.
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