Bonanza -- Age of wind, age of iron -- The viceroy's great machine -- An improbable global city -- Secret judgments of God -- Decadence and rebirth -- From revival to revolution -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : Potosí after independence -- Appendix A -- Appendix B : some questions to…
Bonanza -- Age of wind, age of iron -- The viceroy's great machine -- An improbable global city -- Secret judgments of God -- Decadence and rebirth -- From revival to revolution -- Conclusion -- Epilogue : Potosí after independence -- Appendix A -- Appendix B : some questions to…
Introductory study -- Approvals, dedications, and sonnets -- Book one of the Indian militia -- Book two of the Indian militia -- Book three of the Indian militia -- Book four of the Indian militia -- A brief description of all the western Indies -- Hydrography of the coasts and …
"Between 1500 and 1750, European expansion and global interaction produced vast wealth. As goods traveled by ship along new global trade routes, piracy also flourished on the world's seas. Pillaging the Empire tells the fascinating story of maritime predation in this period, inc…
"In 1545, a native Andean prospector hit pay dirt on a desolate red mountain in highland Bolivia. There followed the world's greatest silver bonanza, making the Cerro Rico or "Rich Hill" and the Imperial Villa of Potosí instant legends, famous from Istanbul to Beijing. The Cerro…
