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Introduction
The Lay of the Land
GDP per capita, 2008, USDNo Data< $2,000$2,000 - $7,500$7,500 - $20,000$20,000 - $50,000
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Western Offshoots
Western Europe
Africa
LatinAmerica
Asia
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Introduction
The Beginning—Spanish Colonial Map
Potosi
Asuncion
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Argentina
Peru
Bolivia
Colombia
Venezuela
Chile
Paraguay
Ecuador
Guyana
Uruguay
Suriname
Chile
French Guiana
Modern boundariesInca EmpireMita boundaryInca road networkColonial cities
Cusco
Cajamarca
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Introduction
The Beginning—The Americas in General
BrazilPeru
Argentina
Bolivia
Chile
Colombia
Venezuela
Paraguay
Ecuador
Guyana
Uruguay
SurinameFrench Guiana
Canada
United States
Mexico
NicaraguaHonduras
Guatemala
Panama
HaitiDominican Republic
Population density (people/km2)
No Data
0 - 0.75
0.75 - 2.5
2.5 - 10
10 - 400
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Population and Average Real Daily Wages for Unskilled Repartimiento (LaborDraft) Workers
Source: Own Calculations based on Borah and Cook (1958) and Gibson (1964).
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Population and Average Real Daily Wages for Unskilled Textile Obraje Workers
Source: Own Calculations based on Borah and Cook (1958), Gibson (1964) and Viqueira and Urquiola (1990)
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Population Real Wages in Textile Obrajes
Introduction
Railways in Europe
Russia
France
Spain
Italy
PolandGermany
Romania
United Kingdom
Austria Hungary
BosniaCroatia
Czech Republic
Serbia & Montenegro
Railroads, 1870Modern Boundaries
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A. Equivalent Consumption (2001)
Introduction
The Slave Trade in Africa
Sudan
AlgeriaLibya
MaliChad
Niger
Egypt
Congo, DRC
Angola
EthiopiaNigeria
South Africa
Tanzania
Namibia
Zambia
Mauritania
Kenya
Botswana
Somalia
Mozambique
Morocco
Congo
Madagascar
Cameroon
Gabon
Zimbabwe
Ghana
Guinea
Uganda
Senegal
Cote d'IvoryCentral African Republic
Tunisia
Burkina FasoBenin
Western Sahara
Eritrea
Malawi
LiberiaTogoSierra Leone
Lesotho
BurundiRwanda
Djibouti
Swaziland
Equatorial Guinea
The Gambia
ComorosMayotte
Sao Tome & Principe
Seychelles
Glorioso Is.
Juan De Nova I.
Gaza Strip
Slave exports as % of pop. in 14000%1% - 50%50% - 100%100% - 300%Missing data
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Introduction
Land Allocation in South Africa
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Ciskei
Harare
Transkei
Gaborone
Cape Town
Fingoland
KimberleyGriqualand
Johannesburg
South Africa
Namibia
Angola
Botswana
Zambia
MozambiqueZimbabwe
Malawi
Lesotho
Swaziland
Atlantic Ocean
Land Acts, 1913 and 1936
Land Appointments, 1970
Modern boundaries
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