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Potosí silver production and global silver flows (1545-1700)

Potosí silver production and global silver flows (1545-1700)

  1. Spain and Portugal divide Atlantic expansion zones

    Labels: Treaty of, Spain, Portugal

  2. Rich silver lodes discovered at Cerro Rico

    Labels: Cerro Rico, Potos, Spanish colonists

  3. Potosí founded as a Spanish mining town

    Labels: Potos, Spanish town, Cerro Rico

  4. European Price Revolution links inflation to bullion inflows

    Labels: Price Revolution, Western Europe

  5. Spanish treasure fleet system expands silver shipments

    Labels: Spanish treasure, Spain

  6. Mercury deposits at Huancavelica are identified

    Labels: Huancavelica, mercury district

  7. Trans-Pacific Manila galleon trade begins

    Labels: Manila galleon, Manila, Acapulco

  8. Silver amalgamation spreads in the Andes

    Labels: Amalgamation, Andes

  9. Potosí mint founded to standardize silver coinage

    Labels: Potos mint, royal mint

  10. Toledo organizes the Potosí mita labor draft

    Labels: Francisco de, mita

  11. China’s Single Whip tax reform boosts silver demand

    Labels: Single Whip, Ming China

  12. Alonso Barba develops pan amalgamation at Potosí

    Labels: Alonso Barba, pan amalgamation

  13. Potosí disaster destroys many ore-processing mills

    Labels: Potos disaster, ore-processing mills

  14. Great Potosí Mint Fraud undermines trust in coinage

    Labels: Potos mint, coin debasement

  15. Potosí silver production declines through late 1600s

    Labels: Potos, silver decline