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For all the gold and silver stolen and shipped to Spain did not make the Spanish people richer. It gave their kings an edge in the balance of power for a time, a chance to hire more mercenary soldiers for their wars. They ended up losing those wars anyway, and all that was left was a deadly inflation, a starving population, the rich richer, the poor poorer, and a ruined peasant class

Hans Koning

Hans Koning

Hans Koning

Born: July 12, 1921

Died: April 13, 2007 (aged 85)

Known for:

Columbus: His Enterprise (1991)
The Petersburg-Cannes Express (1975)
The Conquest of America (1993)
The Kleber Flight (1981)
Zeeland or Elective Concurrences (2001)

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