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wrought Mines of Gold, Silver and Copper, melted and separated these Metals, and afterwards wrought them into Plates and Vessels, and all this has been observ’d, without being quainter with Iron.

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Cortez now proceeded to a distribution of the treasures that had been amassed: he caused all the gold dust and ornaments to be melted into ingots…

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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and hence I draw a third Inference- that if we could place such a Quantity of the metallizing Principle in the Course of these Waters as would be sufficient to saturate all the Particles dissolved, we should be able to produce more Gold and Silver…

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It was the sight of the vast Wealth, which was fro time to time sent into Europe by the first Adventurers, that animated the Spaniards to pursue their Discoveries; that heartened them on to endure Hardships (in prosecuting that Design,) which have no…

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It was the sight of the vast Wealth, which was from time to time sent into Europe by the first Adventurers, that animated the Spaniards to pursue their Discoveries; that heartened them on to endure Hardships (in prosecuting that Design,) which have…

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and without any manner of Iron Tool, hew’d out vast Pillars and Slabs of Marble out of the Rock, and polish’d them, as they did several precious Stones and Jewels.

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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Churches and convents are magnificent and richly adorned; and on high festivals, the display of gold and silver, and precious stones, is such as exceed the conception of an European.

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and without any manner of Iron Tool, hew’d out vast Pillars and Slabs of Marble out of the Rock, and polish’d them, as they did several precious Stones and Jewels.

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The Mexicans and the Peruvians knew how to force and work gold before the arrival of the Spaniards, and they were not acquainted with iron, which nevertheless they must have employed in a great quantity.

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For had the Mexicans been poor, /No Spaniard twice had landed on their Shore./ ’Twas Gold the Catholick Religión planted,/ Which had they wanted Gold, they still had wanted.

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Are we sure that such accession will not produce an effect similar to that which the wealth of Flanders, and the gold of Mexico and Peru, had upon the liberty of Castile and Arragorn, when that wealth and gold came into the hands of Charles V. and…

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It is this vast supply of Goods by the South Seas to the Kingdoms of Peru and Mexico, that has kept all the Silver and Gold from coming into the North, and occasioned the Total Ruin of Old Spain

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Quoique l´or fût commun au Mexique , il n´étoit pas alors le signe repréntatif de toutes les valeurs; le chocolat étant la boisson des Mexicains, les noix de cacao étoient l´instrument de leur commerce.

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Are not their ships wasted towards the South? The golden mines of Mexico and Peru are within their reach: lo! Their armies and their sailors spread glory from the rising to the setting of the sun, as also saith one of their bards.

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Platina, or little silver, has yet been only found in the gold-mines of Peru and Mexico, and the discovery is of recent date: it is found in small angular shining grains, like clean steel filings, an is the heaviest body in nature;

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In the first place, the Spaniards, under presence of Zeal for destroying the Temples and Idols of the Mexicans, but, in reality, that none of the Gold and Silver, and other Treasures of the Mexicans might be concealed from them, pull’d down and…

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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The value of the gold was also altered by increasing the alloy; this was intended to serve us in our dealing with the merchants from Europe or Cuba, but it had a contrary effect, as they were prepared, and added twice as much to the price of their…

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This Province [of Chametlan] hath both Gold and Silver

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In the first place, the Spaniards, under presence of Zeal for destroying the Temples and Idols of the Mexicans, but, in reality, that none of the Gold and Silver, and other Treasures of the Mexicans might be concealed from them, pull’d down and…

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We only know, that there were magnificent Buildings, Images, Pictures, Vessels, and Utensils of Gold, Silver, Earth and Wood; but how they form’d them without the help of Iron Tools is, in a great measure, a Mystery to us.

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wrought Mines of Gold, Silver and Copper, melted and separated these Metals, and afterwards wrought them into Plates and Vessels, and all this has been observ’d, without being quainter with Iron.

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The chief Rivers of Mexico which fall into the South Sea, are 1. Rosario, which runs from East to West, and falls into the South Sea, in 22 Degrees 51 Minutes South Latitude: Some gold Mines lying within two or three Leagues of the River, the Sands…

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