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War and Gold : a Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures, and Debt.

The world was wild for gold. After discovering the Americas, and under pressure to defend their vast dominion, the Habsburgs of Spain promoted gold and silver exploration in the New World with ruthless urgency. But, the great influx of wealth brought home by plundering conquistadors couldn't co...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kwarteng, Kwasi
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : PublicAffairs, 2014.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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