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Silver, Spices, and Sugar — How the Age of Exploration Rebuilt Global Trade

The Age of Exploration was, at its commercial core, a sustained attempt to cut out the middleman. It mostly worked, though not in ways the original investors an…

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"Habsburg Spain and the Price Revolution — When Silver Becomes a Poison"

# Habsburg Spain and the Price Revolution — When Silver Becomes a Poison The Spanish Empire at its peak in the sixteenth century controlled more silver than a…

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The Spanish Silver Real — First Global Currency

# The Spanish Silver Real — First Global Currency In 1545, Spanish conquistadors discovered a mountain in modern-day Bolivia so rich in silver it seemed impos…

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