Direct consequence of the genocide, the white man seized in addition to the metallic property of the vanquished and all their available land. Emerging large expanses known as stays and the very birth of our modern cities. The Spanish themselves in their stories tell of these fabulous treasures then went into the coffers of the European countries that financed the wars and enriched as never before had. There was everything: land, slaves, metals, spices, etc.
Following the Spanish chronicles'll do a little story of what they have won only in Peru:
RELATION OF THE CONQUEST OF PERU AND PROVINCE OF CUZCO:
"Coaque came to town and took 15,000 pesos of gold and 1,500 silver coins and many stones emeralds, which were changed clothes with the Indians for not knowing that it was."
After the defeat of Emperor Atahualpa, "the Governor clasped 80,000 pesos and 7,000 marks of silver and 14 emeralds and gold and silver in monstrous pieces large and small plates, jugs, pots, braziers and goblets and other pieces all of gold. "
"They were found homes with clothes ... the Christians took that wanted to"
Body of Cuzco (Atahualpa's father) is in the Province. Quito and head in Cuzco with much gold and silver, the house is the floor and walls and trash all gold and silver plating, there are three houses full of gold pieces and five silver and one hundred thousand ingots of gold taken from the mines. "
"He came from a brother of Atahualpa, Cuzco and brought many pots of gold, pitchers and pots and a lot of money and said the road came more" ... "And they came a few days 20,000, 30,000 ... 60,000 pesos of gold in jars and large pots arrobas three and two to two and jugs and large pots of money. "
"He came a black Cuzco with 107 loads of gold and seven silver" (which were added to ransom for Atahualpa).. " Hernando Pizarro then brought Pachacamac 27 loads of gold and 2,000 silver marks (the Spanish took Pachacamac only 90,000 pesos).
"Year 1533, we started to cast all the gold (brought from Cuzco and other places in the overall Atahualpa Chilicuchima). Then came the Spanish who had gone on their own in Cuzco, the houses took 700 sheets of gold, 200,000 pesos ... got another 200 loads of gold and 25 silver, gold had over 130 carats ... all one story high ( million) and 326,539 pesos in gold, silver and ten marks were 51 600 "
I could go on, but the reader will appreciate the enormous plundering of the victim who was Peru under Spanish rule, if there are still doubts this phrase from Spanish chronicler who accompanied the expedition leaves us frozen:
"If I had to have the various pieces of gold would be one thing that never ends" |