Author: CALVO, ALFREDO CASTILLERO
Title: The Silver Routes: The First Globalization
Description: Spain: Editiones San Marcos, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 8489127484. 208 pages. Bibliography and glossary. Sumptuously and profusely illustrated with colour photos and reproductions of archival maps and illustrations. Text in English. "Documents the tremendous impact the arrival of New World gold and silver had upon Europe and the world economy. Describes the routes followed by the galleons on their return to Spain, loaded with precious metals, and the techniques used for their extraction. Discusses how mining towns were established, and famous fairs held in Portobelo and Jalapa. From this we learn how several mints were founded." - from Prologue. Clean, bright, tight and unmarked with negligible wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A suberb copy of this beautifully-presented work. Gift quality.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; The Silver Routes: The First Globalization Spain Bolivia Peru Mexico Panama Argentina Chile History Precious Metals Repsol YPF South America Trade History Routes Maps. Fine in Fine dust jacket .

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