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A Brief History of Early Silver Mining in Spanish America
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Figure 1: An engraved panorama of the famous silver-mining city of Guanajuato in 1828, after an illustratrion in C. Nebel’s Voyage pittoresque et archeologiue dans la partie la plus Interessante du Mexique (1836). Silver has been a prized metal for thousands of years, captivating the hearts of people across cultures and civilizations. From ancient civilizations…
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