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Colour of paradise: the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires

Colour of paradise: the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires
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ISBN 030016131X (hbk.)
9780300161311 (hbk.)
Author Lane, Kris E. 1967-
Title Colour of paradise : the emerald in the age of gunpowder empires / [by] Kris Lane
Publisher New Haven, CT ; London : Yale University Press, 2010
Physical desc. xiv, [4], 280 p. ; ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Note CBL illustrations: [plate 11] (In 45.1)
Bibliography etc. Includes bibliographical references and (p. [265]-274) index
Contents Introduction -- Sacred origins -- Conquistadors -- Emerald City -- Empires and inquisitors -- Globetrotters -- Emeralds of the shahs -- Tax dodgers and smugglers -- Twilight of imperial emeralds.
Subject Chester Beatty Library -- Manuscript -- In 45
Emeralds -- Spain -- Colonies -- America -- History
Emeralds -- Colombia -- History
Inquisition -- Spain
Inquisition -- Portugal
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