Podcast Episodes featuring Kris Lane

Kris Lane, "Potosí: The Silver City That Changed the World" (U California Press, 2019)

New Books Network - May 20, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 123 ratings
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 Rico alone provide...