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Callao

Port, Peru, founded 1537.

About Callao

City and main seaport of Peru.1

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Places

ExamplesCartagena de IndiasAnother port, in Peru: Callao.2

Trade routes

Shipped throughArica to Callao silverCallao was an end of the arica to callao silver route.3Shipped throughCallao to Panama silver (Pacific leg)Callao was an end of the callao to panama silver (pacific leg) route.3

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q105037 (Callao)
  2. Wikidata item Q657461 (Cartagena de Indias)
  3. Graulau J., Ownership of mines and taxation in Castilian laws, from the middle ages to the early modern period, Continuity and Change 26(1): 13-44 Continuity and Change (Cambridge University Press)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Ball mills and SAG mills by photosmith2011, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0; Froth flotation and tailings by Nina111955, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Potosi, Bolivia, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)).