Mining in the Americas

Stories and History

Helmut Waszkis (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

304 Seiten

1993
Woodhead Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-85573-131-8 (ISBN)

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Twenty years of work went into the writing of this: the first book to cover the history of mines and mining in North and South America. The text is enlivened by sketches of many miners the author got to know over the decades.

Pre-Colombian origins; Early Spanish endeavours; Mexico; Central America; South of the Spanish Main; Peru; Bolivia; In praise of horses, llamas, camels – but mostly mules; Chile; In praise of railroads; Paraguay; Brazil; Canada; The United States; A few loose ends.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.10.1993
Verlagsort	Cambridge
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	780 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Themenwelt	Technik ► Bergbau
ISBN-10	1-85573-131-2 / 1855731312
ISBN-13	978-1-85573-131-8 / 9781855731318
Zustand	Neuware