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A new world of gold and silver / by John J. TePaske ; edited by Kendall W. Brown.
Lippincott Library HD9536.L292 T47 2010
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- TePaske, John J. (John Jay), 1929-2007.
- Series:
- Atlantic world (Leiden, Netherlands) ; 1570-0542 v. 21.
- Atlantic world. Europe, Africa and the Americas, 1570-0542 ; v. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gold mines and mining--Latin America--History.
- Gold mines and mining.
- Silver mines and mining--Latin America--History.
- Silver mines and mining.
- History.
- Latin America--History--To 1830.
- Latin America.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 340 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
- Summary:
- Colonial Latin America was famed for the precious metals plundered by the conquistadores and the gold and silver extracted from its mines. Historians and economists have attempted to determine the amount of bullion produced and its impact on the colonies themselves and the emerging early-modern world economy. Using official tax and mintage records, this book provides decade by decade and often annual data on the amount of gold and silver officially refined and coined in the treasury and mint districts of Spanish and Portuguese America.
- It also places American bullion output with in the context of global production and addresses the issue of contraband production and bullion snuggling. The book is thus an invaluable source for evaluating the rise of the early-modern economy. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Introduction 1
- Chapter 2 Gold: The Scarcer Metal? 23
- Chapter 3 Silver, the Abundant Metal: Mexico 69
- Chapter 4 Silver, the Abundant Metal: Upper and Lower Peru 141
- Chapter 5 New World Mintage: México, Santo Domingo, Lima, and Potosí 213
- Chapter 6 New World Mintage II: Santa Fe de Bogotá, Popayán, Santiago de Guatemala, Santiago de Chile, and Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Villa Rica de Ouro Preto) 261
- Chapter 7 Conclusion 305.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789004188914
- 9004188916
- OCLC:
- 642198821
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