Pandemic in Potosí
Pandemic in Potosí
Fear, Loathing, and Public Piety in a Colonial Mining Metropolis
De:Lane, Kris
Contenu
Narrative accounts, translated into English, of a pandemic that swept across South America between 1717 and 1722, devastating the cities of Buenos Aires, Cordoba, Potosi, Arequipa, and Cuzco as well as many smaller towns.