Potosi: The Silver City That Changed the World Volume 27

by Kris Lane

Book Overview

"For anyone who wants to learn about the rise and decline of Potos? as a city . . . Lane's book is the ideal place to begin."--The New York Review of Books

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 Potos? instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520383354
• ISBN13: 9780520383357
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"