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More Precious Than Gold
David Hollett
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Description for More Precious Than Gold
Hardback. Num Pages: 301 pages. BIC Classification: GBC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 603.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
Number of Pages
301
Place of Publication
Cranbury, United States
ISBN
9781611473575
SKU
V9781611473575
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99-15
About David Hollett
David Hollett is a well-established independent scholar and author of ten books, including Passage from India to El Dorado (FDUP, 1999).
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