POTOSI  , a See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• BOLIVIA

Bolivia, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Potosi, 47 M . (See also:

• DIRECT

direct) S.W. of See also:

• SUCRE, or CHUQUISACA

Sucre, or 88 m. by the See also:

• POST

post-road . Pop . (1906, estimate), 23,450 . Potosi stands on a barren See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern slope of the Cerro Gordo de Potosi, 12,992 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level, and is one of the highest towns in the See also:

• WORLD

world . The famous cerro from which its name is taken rises above the See also:

• TOWN

town to a height of 15,381 ft., a barren, See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white-capped See also:

• CONE (Gr. Kwvos)

cone honeycombed with See also:

• MINING

mining shafts . The town is regularly laid out with streets See also:

• CROSSING

crossing each other at right angles . The See also:

• SMOKE (from O. Eng. smeocan, to smoke, reek, cf. Dutch meek, Ger. Schmauch, probably allied to Gr. vol9caiv)

smoke-begrimed buildings, many of which are unoccupied and in ruins, are commonly of See also:

• ADOBE (pronounced a-db-be; also corrupted to dobie; from the Span. adobar, to plaster, traceable through Arabic to an Egyptian hieroglyph meaning " brick ")

adobe . A large plaza forms the conventional centre, around which are grouped various religious edifices, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house, town See also:

• HALL
• HALL (generally known as SCHWABISCH-HALL, tc distinguish it from the small town of Hall in Tirol and Bad-Hall, a health resort in Upper Austria)
• HALL (O.E. heall, a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Halle)
• HALL, BASIL (1788-1844)
• HALL, CARL CHRISTIAN (1812–1888)
• HALL, CHARLES FRANCIS (1821-1871)
• HALL, CHRISTOPHER NEWMAN (1816—19oz)
• HALL, EDWARD (c. 1498-1547)
• HALL, FITZEDWARD (1825-1901)
• HALL, ISAAC HOLLISTER (1837-1896)
• HALL, JAMES (1793–1868)
• HALL, JAMES (1811–1898)
• HALL, JOSEPH (1574-1656)
• HALL, MARSHALL (1790-1857)
• HALL, ROBERT (1764-1831)
• HALL, SAMUEL CARTER (5800-5889)
• HALL, SIR JAMES (1761-1832)
• HALL, WILLIAM EDWARD (1835-1894)

hall, See also:

• NATIONAL

national See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college, the old " royal See also:

• MINT
• MINT (Lat. moneta; Mid. Eng. mynt)

mint " dating from 1585, and the See also:

• TREASURY

treasury . The city has a massive, See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, which in See also:

• PART

part See also:

• DATES

dates from See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early colonial times, and in part from the closing years of See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish See also:

• RULE

rule . The See also:

• WATER

water See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply is derived from a costly See also:

• SYSTEM

system, of reservoirs and aqueducts constructed by the Spanish government during the years of the city's greatest prosperity . There are 27 of these artificial lakes, and the aqueducts originally numbered 32, some of which are no longer serviceable .

Rough See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain roads and See also:

• PACK (apparently from the root pak-, paq-, seen in Lat. pangere, to fasten; cf. " compact ")
• PACK, OTTO VON (c. 1480-1537)

pack animals are the only means of transportation to and from Potosi, but a railway from See also:

• ORURO

Oruro to Tupiza via Potosi, forming part of the projected See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

Pan-See also:

• AMERICAN

American route, was contracted for in 1908 . In 1611 the See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population of Potosi was reported to be 16o,000, which probably included the whole mining See also:

• DISTRICT

district . A part of the diminution since then is explained by the fact that the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority of the mines on the cerro have been abandoned . The See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the city dates from 1547, two years after the first See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of See also:

• SILVER

silver on the cerro by an See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• HERDER, JOHANN GOTTFRIED VON (1744-1803)

herder named Gualci . See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles V. conferred upon it the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of " See also:

• VILLA

villa imperial." From 1545 to 1800 the See also:

• CROWN

crown tax of one-fifth upon the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral product amounted to £32,600,000, showing an acknowledged output of £163,000,000 . The actual output, however, must have been much greater, as See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain was flooded with See also:

• CONTRABAND (Fr. contrebande, from contra, against, and bannum, Low Lat. for " proclamation ")

contraband silver, and there was a large See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in it at La See also:

• PLATA, RIO DE LA, or RIVER PLATE

Plata ports, whence it was taken to See also:

• BRAZIL
• BRAZIL, or BRASIL

Brazil and See also:

• PORTUGAL

Portugal . The See also:

• TOTAL

total output to 1864 has been estimated at more than £400,000,000, but the See also:

• ANNUAL

annual output at the beginning of the loth See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century barely exceeded 400,000 ozs . The struggle for See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence began in Potosi on the 9th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1810, but the Spanish forces succeeded in retaining See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession down to 1822 .