Basques and Vicuñas at the Mouth of Hell: A Documentary History of Potosí in the Early 1620s
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In June 1622, the silver mining metropolis of Potosí, Bolivia, erupted in gangland violence, only halted three years later by a viceroy’s blanket amnesty. Basque immigrants were at the center of the controversy, squaring off against nearly a dozen other nations known collectively as Vicuñas. At stake were the world’s richest silver mines, a means to wealth and power in the Americas, Europe, and beyond.
As mines flooded and Indigenous workers died or fled, the city descended into a maelstro...
As mines flooded and Indigenous workers died or fled, the city descended into a maelstro...



