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27 unusual facts about Potosí


Captaincy General of Chile

The Spanish Empire had to divert silver from Potosí to finance a standing army in Chile to fight in the Arauco War.

Charquicán

This dish was commonly eaten by merchants travelling between the port of Arica and the mines of Potosi and by peasants travelling with herds of livestock.

Coeur Mining

San Bartolomé mine is a surface silver mine located near the historic mining city of Potosi, Boliva; a world heritage site.

Colonial Brazil

In an attempt to expand the borders of colonial Brazil and profit from the silver mines of Potosí, the Portuguese Overseas Council (the Conselho Ultramarino) ordered colonial governor Manuel Lobo to establish a settlement on the shore of the River Plate, in a region that legally belonged to Spain.

Since the 16th century the exploration of the Brazilian inland was attempted several times, mostly to try to find mineral riches like the silver mines found in 1546 by the Spanish in Potosí (now in Bolivia).

Diego Quispe Tito

In 1667 he painted several scenes from the life of Christ, which were sent to Potosí.

Jason W. Briggs

In 1841 at Potosi, Wisconsin he was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints by William O. Clark.

Joel Squires

On May 1, 1853, he resigned from the Senate; fellow Democrat James W. Seaton of Potosi was elected to fill his seat.

Julian Segura Camacho

He has traveled to Bolivia, Peru, Argentina and from the travels in Potosi, which was the largest Spanish city because of the silver mine, this biological mixing was non-existent.

Michaela Denis

Armand and Leila Denis divorced, and in 1948 Michaela and Armand married by special licence in Potosi, Bolivia.

Morteros

It lay on an alternative route to the mining region of Potosí in Peru, it was used as a market for contraband such as slaves to work in the mines and silver.

Nicholas of Tolentino

According to the Peruvian chronicler Antonio de la Calancha, it was St. Nicholas of Tolentino who made possible a permanent Spanish settlement in the rigorous, high-altitude climate of Potosi, Bolivia.

Palacio Fuentes

The bar counter was made of silver from the mines of Cerro Rico in Bolivia and rested on seven sculptures by Battilana.

Pisagua, Chile

Pisagua was founded in 1611 after an edict by the Viceroy of Peru which established a base from which it could be possible to stem the illegal traffic of gold and silver flowing from the important mines of Potosí and Oruro, in the Highlands of the "Audiencia of Charcas", to the British and Dutch pirates operating in the Corregimiento de Arica.

Potosi, Missouri

Moses Austin came here in 1798 with his family, including his son Stephen F. Austin.

The city was founded sometime between 1760 and 1780 as "Mine à Breton" or Mine au Breton, and later renamed by Moses Austin for the Bolivian silver-mining city of Potosí.

Potosi, Texas

In 1893, R.A. Pollard applied for a post office and chose the name Potosi after the Mexican city of San Luis Potosí.

Potosi, Trelawny, Jamaica

Elizabeth married John Tharp in 1766 and on December 31, 1766, Articles of Agreement were signed "granting to John Tharp, husband of Elizabeth joint devisee with her sister under the Will of Thomas Partridge her brother to Potosi and Flamstead Estates, management of same until said devisees are both of age".

Potosi, Venezuela

The Edersee Reservoir in Hesse, Germany, which flooded three villages during its creation which can still seen when the water level is low.

Pound sterling in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania

The silver Spanish pieces of eight that had formed the staple international currency for nearly four hundred years were mostly minted at the new world mints at Potosi, Mexico, and Lima.

Qullasuyu

Kholla suyu translates into Region of the Kholla, and related specifically to the native Kholla Quechuas who primarily resided in areas such as Cochabamba and Potosi.

San Salvador de Jujuy

The settlement initially developed as a strategic site on the mule trade route between San Miguel de Tucumán and the silver mines in Potosí, Bolivia.

Sebastián Ágreda

Sebastián Ágreda (1795, Potosí, Bolivia – December 18, 1875, La Paz, Bolivia) served briefly as President of Bolivia, from June 10 to July 9, 1841.

A native of Potosí, Ágreda had fought in the battles of Junin and Ayacucho under Antonio José de Sucre, for which the Grand Marshall rewarded him as Commander of the Military College in Chuquisaca.

Shaun Gayle

Gayle was in a relationship with Rhoni Reuter, originally of Potosi, Wisconsin.

Spanish Main

Silver in the form of pieces of eight was brought to the Spanish Main by llama and mule train from Potosí via the Pacific coast, while wares from the Far East that had arrived at Acapulco on the Manila galleons were also then transported overland to the Spanish Main.

Takanakuy

There is a similar celebration in Bolivia called Tinku, the celebration takes place in May in the village of Potosí.


Abaroa

Eduardo Avaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve in Sur Lípez province, Potosí department, Bolivia

Arturo Estrada Hernández

In 1961, he painted his own mural, an acrylic mural called The Youth of San Luis Potosi and The Revolution at the Casa de Juventud in that city followed by Tríptico de Independencia in Cuautla .

Bolivian football league system

In order to qualify for the Nacional B there are 9 subdivisions at the 3rd level: the Departmental Championships or Regional Leagues, which comprises teams from the different Departments of Bolivia: Santa Cruz, La Paz, Cochabamba, Chuquisaca, Oruro, Tarija Department, Beni Department Pando Department, Potosí

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana

Escuela Internacional Sampedrana, EIS is a private coeducational K-12 school located in the affluent Lomas del Potosí neighborhood of San Pedro Sula, Cortés Department, Honduras.

Family Nature Summit

Family Summits, Inc. has produced six Family Nature Summits as an independent organization, in Black Mountain, North Carolina in 2007; at Mount Hood, Oregon in 2008; at the YMCA of the Adirondacks in Silver Bay, New York in 2009; in the Sierra Nevada near Tahoe City, California on Lake Tahoe in 2010; and near Potosi, Missouri at the YMCA of the Ozarks in 2011.

Florencio Pozadas

He was a violin student at the Academia de Bellas Artes in the Tomás Frías Autonomous University of Potosi, and studies in Buenos Aires at the Conservatorio Municipal Manuel de Falla.

History of La Paz

The country was divided in 5 departments: La Paz, Cochabamba, Potosí, Charkas and Santa Cruz de la Sierra.

La Paz F.C.

Moreover, he is an articulate advocate for the proposition that Bolivia has the right—based on history, medical science, and fairness—to play international matches in its high altitude cities of La Paz, Potosi and Oruro.

Laura Fenton

In 1994, Fenton and Jackie Paraiso won the title in San Luis Potosí, Mexico, defeating Canadians Vicki Shanks and Debbie Ward in the final.

Law Against Racism 2010

The law was considered first by the Constitution Committee, whose chair, Senator Eduardo Maldonado (MAS-IPSP, Potosí) declared he was open to revisions in the law.

Mining in Bolivia

Among Bolivia's largest mining facilities is the San Cristóbal mining complex, an open-pit silver, lead and zinc mine near the town of San Cristóbal, Potosí.

National Mint of Bolivia

The coinage minted during its period became so well known in the world that a saying, memorialized by Miguel de Cervantes came into use: valer un potosí, "to be worth a potosí" (that is, "a fortune").

Politics of Bolivia

Bolivia is divided in nine departments (departamentos, singular - departamento); Chuquisaca, Cochabamba, Beni, La Paz, Oruro, Pando, Potosi, Santa Cruz, Tarija.

Rudolfo Infante and Anna Villeda

Rudolfo or Rodolfo Infante Jímenez (born 1963, San Benito, Texas, United States) and Anna or Ana María Ruíz Villeda (born 1971, San Luis Potosí, Mexico) are a Mexican serial killers pair, active during 1991, in Matamoros, Mexico.

Samaipata, Bolivia

It is also the first stop in the several tourist trails to Sucre and Potosi, and the Che Guevara route.

Uruguayans in Mexico

Nery Castillo (born 1984 in San Luis Potosí), footballer who started his career in Uruguay

Valentin Abecia

He was born in Potosí and was retired for several years before his death in La Paz in 2010.

Vallegrande

Many of the original inhabitants of Vallegrande were Sephardic and Ashkenazic Jews converted to Catholicism and persecuted by the inquisition in Spain and nearby La Plata and Potosi, for they were suspected to continue to secretly practice Judaism.

Water resources management in Bolivia

The lowest levels of coverage are found in the departments of Pando, Potosí, and Oruro.