Tumbaga Gold Bar Melted Down by Hernan Cortes

SIA3085: Tumbaga Gold Bar Melted Down by Hernan Cortes

Photographer:	Calvin J. Hamilton
Copyright:	© 2008 Calvin J. Hamilton
Date Added:	2008/11/08
Location:	Spain

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The Spaniards melted thousands of Native made gold figures into bars such as this which became a great source of wealth for Europe. Hernan Cortes and his men produced this particular bar during the 1519-1521 conquest of Mexico.