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Potosi

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

Potosi

By Kris Lane

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About the book

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 Potosi 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.Potosi is the first interpretive history of the fabled mining city's rise and fall. It...Show more

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ISBN

9780520280847

Publisher

University of California Press

Published year

2019

Language

Edition

1

Original title

Potosi

Format

Hardcover

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