HOW THE INDIANS DIG THE GOLD FROM THE MOUNTAINS
HOW THE INDIANS DIG THE GOLD FROM THE MOUNTAINS, 1601, engraving published by Wolffgang Richter. The biggest 17th century silver mine in the world, fed wealth into Spain and Europe. An estimated 8 million Inca slaves died in the process of the silver extraction. The mine was in the Cerro Rico Mountain, on the Bolivian Altiplano, over 4000 meters (13, 000 feet) above sea level
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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