by Carlo M. Cipolla · Critica · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788474239508
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«La odisea de la plata española» is the historical essay by Carlo M. Cipolla, published by Crítica in paperback (144 pages, in Spanish).
The author traces the journey of Spanish silver from the conquistadors to the pirates and merchants who circulated it across Europe. Drawing on unpublished documentation, Cipolla explains why Spain achieved a dominant position and how it lost it, focusing on its monetary and economic dimension rather than the political one.
The full title is «La odisea de la plata española: conquistadores, piratas y mercaderes». It belongs to the Libros de Historia collection from Crítica.
A popular work on economic history, for a non-specialist audience interested in the rise and decline of Spain as a monetary empire.
Carlo Maria Cipolla was an Italian economic historian. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.
