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Why the global silver trade was important in world history

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The global silver trade between the Americas, Europe and China from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries was a spillover of the Columbian Exchange which had a profound effect on the world economy. ... Potosí's deposits were rich and Spanish American silver mines were the world's cheapest sources of it.

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