Potosí : The Silver City That Changed the World
Kris Lane
In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia. There followed the world's greatest silver bonanza, making the Cerro Rico or ""Rich Hill"" and the Imperial Villa of Potosí instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The Cerro Rico alone provided over half of the world's silver for a century, and even in decline, it remained the single richest source on earth. Potosí is the first interpretive history of the fabled mining city's rise and fall. It tells the story of global economic transformation and the environmental and social impact of r.
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Year:
2019
Publisher:
University of California Press
Language:
english
Pages:
327
ISBN 10:
0520973631
ISBN 13:
9780520973633
Series:
California World History Library
File:
PDF, 64.40 MB
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english, 2019
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