Potosí : The Silver City That Changed the World

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Potosí : The Silver City That Changed the World

Name: Potosí : The Silver City That Changed the World
ISBN: 9780520973633

Kris Lane

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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.

Категории:

History

Година:

2019

Издателство:

University of California Press

Език:

english

Страници:

327

ISBN 10:

0520973631