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Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas (Hardcover, New Ed): Peter Bakewell

Mines of Silver and Gold in the Americas (Hardcover, New Ed)

Peter Bakewell

Series: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800

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This volume focuses on Latin America, since it was mainly there that Europeans (or their colonial descendants) actually engaged in mining in the 16th-19th centuries; elsewhere they traded metals mined by others. The principal metals produced, and in prodigious quantities, were silver, in the Spanish colonies, and gold, mainly in Brazil in the 18th century. These articles analyse the volume and pattern of production and the forms of labour found in mining. Particular attention is given to the technologies of extraction and refining, notably the adoption of the mercury amalgamation process: this had a major impact, driving down silver production costs; because the mercury mines were a royal monopoly, it also handed control to the Spanish crown.

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Imprint: Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: An Expanding World: The European Impact on World History, 1450 to 1800
Release date: May 1997
First published: 1997
Editors: Peter Bakewell
Dimensions: 246 x 174mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 420
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-86078-513-2
Categories: Books > Professional & Technical > Other technologies > Mining technology & engineering
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > American history > General
Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Primary industries > Mining industry
Books > History > American history > General
Books > History > World history > 1500 to 1750
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
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LSN: 0-86078-513-0
Barcode: 9780860785132

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