Aberdonians in early Bolivian Industry: the Penny and Duncan Mining Company
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This is a past event
Evening Lecture by University of Aberdeen Museums
Following Bolivia’s independence from Spain in the early nineteenth-century, Bolivian mines became an attractive destination for mining engineers and adventurers from Europe. Among such adventurers were Aberdonians, Andrew Penny and James Duncan, both of whom had humble origins yet became extremely wealthy mine-owners. This lecture examines their lives and their relations with Bolivian society through documentary sources and the donations and photographs that Duncan left to the University Museum and Special Collections.
- Speaker
- Dr Maggie Bolton, University of Aberdeen
- Hosted by
- University of Aberdeen Museums
- Venue
- Regent Lecture Theatre
- Contact
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University of Aberdeen Museums:
Tel: 01224 274330
E-mail: kingsmuseum@abdn.ac.uk