Question

2. what had driven the conquistador francisco pizarro across the Atlantic ocean in 1532? How many ounces of sliver were extracted from South America over 250 years of spanish rule?
3. Why was the gold and silver from the new world unable to halt spain's economic decline in the 16th and 17th century? what did the spaniards never get (about money)?

Answer 1

They were driven by the legend of El Dourado, the throne of the gold covered king. More than 2 billion ounces of silver were extracted from mines from mountains like the Andes