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020 _a9781616142117 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 _a1616142111 (cloth : alk. paper)
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082 0 0 _a333.854209031
_bERL/C
100 1 _aErlichman, Howard J.,
245 1 0 _aConquest, tribute, and trade: the quest for precious metals and the birth of globalization/
_cHoward J. Erlichman.
260 _aAmherst, N.Y. :
_bPrometheus Books,
_c2010.
300 _a541 p., [12] p. of plates :
_bill., maps ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThe Portuguese head east -- The Spanish head west -- Convergence with the House of Habsburg -- The great American treasure hunts -- An unlikely bankruptcy -- Mining revolution in Spanish America -- Cash flow squeeze in the Spanish Netherlands -- Convergence in the Far East -- Unimaginable wealth and squander -- The Dutch advance -- Capital of the world.
650 0 _aPrecious metals
_xHistory
650 0 _aImperialism
_xHistory
650 0 _aGold mines and mining
_xHistory
650 0 _aSilver mines and mining
_xHistory
650 0 _aCopper mines and mining
_xHistory
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