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Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World

by 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

Publisher

University of California Press

Publication date

May 28, 2019

Format

Print edition

Pages

272

ISBN

9780520280847