A Liquid More Valuable Than Gold
Title | A Liquid More Valuable Than Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Pierre Frühling |
Publisher | |
Pages | 54 |
Release | 1996 |
Genre | Water-supply |
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More Precious Than Gold
Title | More Precious Than Gold PDF eBook |
Author | Dave Hollett |
Publisher | Associated University Presse |
Pages | 310 |
Release | 2008 |
Genre | Business & Economics |
ISBN | 9780838641316 |
The sixteenth-century Conquistadors, led by Pizarro, came to Peru for three reasons--God, gold, and glory, but after the initial glory of their conquest they tended to concentrate on gold, rather than God. Direct colonial rule by Spain lasted for almost three hundred years, only ending in 1826, when the last Spanish flag was hauled down from the battlements of Real Felipe Fortress. However, just a few short years after Peru had declared its independence from Spain, the attention of some people in Lima began to focus on a potential source of untold wealth that was to prove more precious than gold. This was guano which, in its greatest concentration, was found on the diminutive Chincha Islands that lie just off the Peruvian coast, some seventy miles south of Callao. This book covers the story of this international guano trade. It outlines the fate of the unfortunates recruited to cut and load the guano. It also gives full details of the hardships endured by mariners employed in this trade. The story of those who grew rich on the proceeds of this trade is also outlined. Importantly, it explains just how the Peruvian government mismanaged the trade, to the extent that Peru became burdened with debts, rather than prospering on the proceeds of their vast new guano-based income.
The Economic Review
Title | The Economic Review PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 530 |
Release | 1909 |
Genre | |
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Monetary Economics
Title | Monetary Economics PDF eBook |
Author | William Warrand Carlile |
Publisher | |
Pages | 346 |
Release | 1912 |
Genre | Economics |
ISBN |
A Short Reader of Medieval Saints
Title | A Short Reader of Medieval Saints PDF eBook |
Author | Mary-Ann Stouck |
Publisher | University of Toronto Press |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2009-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1442600942 |
"Mary-Ann Stouck's short reader stands apart in offering an abbreviated but judicious selection of saints' lives perfectly suited as a brief introduction. It fills a particular need with an elegant sufficiency." - Cynthia J. Hahn, Hunter College and the Graduate Center-CUNY
A Pictorial Geography of the World
Title | A Pictorial Geography of the World PDF eBook |
Author | Samuel Griswold Goodrich |
Publisher | |
Pages | 514 |
Release | 1840 |
Genre | Geography |
ISBN |
Report
Title | Report PDF eBook |
Author | Commonwealth Shipping Committee |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1236 |
Release | 1913 |
Genre | Shipping |
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