About this title: The magnificent mountain of Potosi in Bolivia yielded more silver than any other mountain or region of the world. In the 16th and 17th centuries this wealth flowed through Spain into Europe and played an important role in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and trade with Asia. Yet the grueling work of extracting the silver was left to the indigenous population of the Andes, who were enslaved by the Spanish and died by the thousands on the mountain. Today, Potosi maintains this unique culture, based on its epic history. Approximately 18,000 miners still work in or around the mountain, ...
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli
Date Published: 1999-04-01
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: New. The magnificent mountain of Potosí in Bolivia yielded more silver than any other mountain or region of the world. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries this wealth flowed through Spain into Europe and played an important role in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolution and trade with Asia. Yet the grueling work of extracting the silver was left to the indigenous population of the Andes, who were enslaved by the Spanish and died by the thousands on the mountain. Today, Potosí ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli
Date Published: 1999-04-01
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: Like New. First edition, first printing, Fine in Fine dustjacket. Ships fast, within 24 hours of your order. Free tracking with each order. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. Size: 11.4 x 9.4 x 0.9 inches; Fine in publisher's cloth in like dust jacket. Available in our UK premises for prompt dispatch worldwide. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: Fine in Near Fine jacket. First Edition. F/NF. Hardcover, brown cloth with black titles, DJ, 158 pp, color photos, very light edgewear with slight rubbing to DJ, else a nice, clean and crisp copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli Press, New York
Date Published: 1999
Description: Fine in Fine (as new) jacket. Still in publishers cling wrap. Colored photographs of Bolivian tin and silver miners and the families. Images never before captured. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Monacelli Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: As New/Very Good. 9.25" x 11.5" Tall 158093028x 160 Pages. A photographic journey to the mountain Potosi in Bolivia. Special focus on the lost lives of all the people that the Spanish enslaved in order to mine silver. Although not strictly slaves, several thousand people still work there today. Book may still be in original shrinkwrap. read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: Random House Inc
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9781580930284ISBN:158093028X
Description: New. Bolivia's Potosi mountain yielded more silver than any other mountain or region of the world. In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, this wealth flowed through Spain into Europe and played a major role in the beginnings of the Industrial Revolut... read more
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