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In the next 300 years,Potosi will supply 80% of all the silver in the world.
此后三百年間 世界范圍內多達80%的白銀都產自波托西
We put great value on that which is rare.
物以稀為貴
You can take silver and break it up into small bits,
并且由于便攜 可被切割細分
so that they become a standard value currency
因此白銀就可充當 一種標準有價貨幣
and with that you can purchase and trade with other societies,
人們可以用白銀購買所需 與外族人交易
and it's going to increase the wealth of the entire world.
白銀將在增創世界財富方面發揮巨大作用
But within 20 years, the richest silver ore is mined out,
然而最初的二十年間 隨著高品質銀礦的開發
Leaving Spanish engineers with a problem.
一個棘手難題始終困擾著西班牙工程師
The remaining ore is too low grade For the silver to be extracted using heat.
由于殘銀礦含銀量太低 很難用高溫方法提取純銀
The Spaniards had never encountered anything like silver ore before,
西班牙人在此之前 從未接觸過這類銀礦
and didn't know how to refine it.
因而對精煉技術一竅不通
The techniques they used actually just ended up boiling away the silver.
他們使用的提取技術僅僅局限于 將銀礦石加熱汽化
The riches of America trapped inside its rocks.
美洲的龐大財富竟被困于這小小的礦石之中
But in 1553, a man arrives with a secret formula,
直到1553年 一位有志之士攜秘方而來
The key that unlocks the wealth of the new world:Bartolomeu Medina.
為"釋放"新大陸的滾滾財富獻上關鍵一計 他就是巴爾托洛梅烏·梅迪納
Experimenter, innovator, entrepreneur.
身兼試驗家 發明家 企業家
A textiles trader from Spain,He's traveled 5,000 miles to make his fortune.
他是一位來自西班牙的紡織商 為尋財路 他已長途跋涉五千英里
