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More Precious than Gold

- The Story of the Peruvian Guano Trade
Af: DAVID HOLLETT Engelsk Hardback

More Precious than Gold

- The Story of the Peruvian Guano Trade
Af: DAVID HOLLETT Engelsk Hardback
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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.
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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.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 301
ISBN-13: 9781611473575
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1611473578
Kategori: Verdenshistorie
Udg. Dato: 1 jan 2008
Længde: 23mm
Bredde: 168mm
Højde: 244mm
Forlag: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Oplagsdato: 1 jan 2008
Forfatter(e): DAVID HOLLETT
Forfatter(e) DAVID HOLLETT

Kategori Verdenshistorie

ISBN-13 9781611473575

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 301

Udgave

Længde 23mm

Bredde 168mm

Højde 244mm

Udg. Dato 1 jan 2008

Oplagsdato 1 jan 2008

Forlag Fairleigh Dickinson University Press