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Event trade Americas

Potosí

1545 CE – 1800 CE

Site of the Cerro Rico silver mines that produced most of the Spanish Empire's wealth, once one of the largest cities in the…

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Landmark · Americas

Potosí

1545 CE – 1800 CE

Site of the Cerro Rico silver mines that produced most of the Spanish Empire's wealth, once one of the largest cities in the world

Standing in 1545 CE

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1540 CE Iglesia de Santo Tomás 1544 CE Valparaíso 1546 CE Schmalkaldic War 1547 CE Burmese–Siamese Wars 1549 CE Salvador da Bahia 1550 CE Arauco War

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