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...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:California world history library ; 27.
Main Author: Lane, Kris E., 1967- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:California world history library ; 27.
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Physical Description:xviii, 248 pages ; 24 cm.
Format: Book

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