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Ecuador's natives probably owe their relative prosperity …
Years: 1540 - 1683
Ecuador's natives probably owe their relative prosperity during the colonial period to the audiencia's lack of mineral resources.
The hardships of working in the silver and mercury mines of Peru cost the lives of millions of native mitayos; Ecuador, in contrast, has only small deposits of gold and silver in its southern provinces of Cuenca and Loja, and these deposits are depleted by the end of the sixteenth century.
Its serrano economy is based, instead, on agriculture and textiles.
The hardships of working in the silver and mercury mines of Peru cost the lives of millions of native mitayos; Ecuador, in contrast, has only small deposits of gold and silver in its southern provinces of Cuenca and Loja, and these deposits are depleted by the end of the sixteenth century.
Its serrano economy is based, instead, on agriculture and textiles.
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- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Spaniards (Latins)
- Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Quito, Real Audiencia of
- Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada)
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Years: 1540 - 1683
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- Spain, Habsburg Kingdom of
- Spaniards (Latins)
- Jesuits, or Order of the Society of Jesus
- Peru, Viceroyalty of
- Quito, Real Audiencia of
- Bogotá, Audiencia de Santa Fe de (Captaincy General of New Granada)
Topics
Commodoties
Subjects
Regions
Subregions