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Relación de gobierno del Real de Minas de Huancavelica (1758-1763) / Antonio de Ulloa ; edición, estudio introductorio y notas de Kendall W. Brown y José J. Hernández Palomo.
Lippincott Library HD9506.P43 H88 2016
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulloa, Antonio de, 1716-1795, author.
- Series:
- Historia económica (Lima, Peru) ; 26.
- Historia económica (Lima, Peru). Fuentes y clásicos de la historia económica del Perú ; 2.
- Serie Historia económica, 2071-4246 ; 26
- Fuentes y clásicos de la historia económica del Perú ; 2
- Language:
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Mineral industries--Peru--Huancavelica--History--18th century.
- Mineral industries.
- Mines and mineral resources--Peru--Huancavelica--History--18th century.
- Mines and mineral resources.
- History.
- Huancavelica (Peru)--History--18th century.
- Huancavelica (Peru).
- Huancavelica (Peru)--Economic conditions--18th century.
- Economic history.
- Peru--Huancavelica.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 328 pages : map, portrait, facsimile ; 21 cm.
- Edition:
- Primera edición.
- Place of Publication:
- Lima : Banco Central de Reserva del Perú : IEP, Instituto de Estudios Peruanos, 2016.
- Summary:
- Antonio de Ulloa (1716-1795) was a Spanish expert in natural sciences, a naval officer, and a colonial administrator. Along with Jorge Juan y Santacilia, he was a member of the geodetic expedition of Charles-Marie La Condamine to Quito in 1735. They returned to Spain in 1744, after having analyzed the economic and political conditions in the Andean region. They also wrote a report that described the fraud and abuse that raged in the Andes. Ulloa was one of the discoverers of platinum. He toured Europe in early 1750 in order to study new technologies and recruit technicians to Spain. He served as governor of the Huancavelica mercury mines between 1757 and 1764. During the 1780s, he commanded Spanish naval operations. As a scientist Ulloa was one of the leading figures of the Spanish Enlightenment.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9789972515545
- 9972515540
- OCLC:
- 952032507
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