This paper deals with the concept of corruption, trying to assess its magnitude by analyzing the relationship between mercury and silver used in the process of extraction. Using quantitative data, chemical, empirical and institutional differences are established for the mercury to silver ratio. Through statistical analyses, a “margin of fraud” is also established. Throughout the 17th century, this margin depended on negotiations between miners and public officials and contributed to the illegal trade through Buenos Aires. The conclusions estimate the tendencies of registered silver (or legal silver) in the Potosí royal treasury, comparing it against the projected tendency of total production based on mercury consumption (that produced in Hu...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...
El artículo indaga sobre el gran fraude a la Casa de la Moneda de Potosí, desarticulado en 1649 por ...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...
This paper deals with the concept of corruption, trying to assess its magnitude by analyzing the rel...
Study on the distribution of mercury among merchants connected with the productions of silver in the...
This is an overview of the famous patio refining process used in colonial mining, set in the perspec...
This article analyzes the relation between silver production and the internal market in the mining r...
This article analyzes the life and work of Aragonese mathematician Joan de Belveder, who arrived in ...
Gold extraction was the most significative aspect in the economy of the Nuevo Reino de Granada. None...
A partir del estudio de la minería de la plata en Potosí durante el siglo XVII, este trabajo trata s...
"Este artículo aborda el efecto de “derrama” de la Real Casa de Moneda en la capital de Nueva España...
This article focuses on the great mint fraud at Potosí, disarticulated in 1649 by a determined royal...
In the last decades of the 17th century a small group of merchants from Mexico City guaranteed produ...
El presente trabajo busca examinar a los grandes comerciantes vinculados al comercio ultramarino a p...
This article focuses on the great mint fraud at Potosí, disarticulated in 1649 by a determined royal...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...
El artículo indaga sobre el gran fraude a la Casa de la Moneda de Potosí, desarticulado en 1649 por ...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...
This paper deals with the concept of corruption, trying to assess its magnitude by analyzing the rel...
Study on the distribution of mercury among merchants connected with the productions of silver in the...
This is an overview of the famous patio refining process used in colonial mining, set in the perspec...
This article analyzes the relation between silver production and the internal market in the mining r...
This article analyzes the life and work of Aragonese mathematician Joan de Belveder, who arrived in ...
Gold extraction was the most significative aspect in the economy of the Nuevo Reino de Granada. None...
A partir del estudio de la minería de la plata en Potosí durante el siglo XVII, este trabajo trata s...
"Este artículo aborda el efecto de “derrama” de la Real Casa de Moneda en la capital de Nueva España...
This article focuses on the great mint fraud at Potosí, disarticulated in 1649 by a determined royal...
In the last decades of the 17th century a small group of merchants from Mexico City guaranteed produ...
El presente trabajo busca examinar a los grandes comerciantes vinculados al comercio ultramarino a p...
This article focuses on the great mint fraud at Potosí, disarticulated in 1649 by a determined royal...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...
El artículo indaga sobre el gran fraude a la Casa de la Moneda de Potosí, desarticulado en 1649 por ...
Editada en la Fundación Empresa PúblicaA la hora de estudiar la cuantificación de las remesas americ...