Synopses & Reviews
Displaying exemplary business acumen and entrepreneurial spirit in precapitalist times, Antonio Land#243;pez de Quiroga became the largest silver refiner of the Spanish empire in the seventeenth century. Bakewell's study, first published in 1988, traces the emigrant Spaniard's life and career against the backdrop of Potosi, the great Andean mining center.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-242) and index.
About the Author
Professor of history at Emory University, PETER BAKEWELL is the author of numerous publications, including Silver Mining and Society in Colonial Mexico: Zacatecas, 1564and#150;1700 and Miners of the Red Mountain. He is currently writing a general history of Latin America.