15 October 2015 Myth by Chin Chin In the centre of the Spanish town of Trujillo there stands a large bronze statue of Francisco Pizarro, its most famous son. Pizarro was the leader of the expedition which conquered the Incas and annexed Peru to the Spanish crown, but he was only the first of the… Continue reading Issue 24: 2015 10 15 Myth by Chin Chin
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Issue 17: 2015 08 27: El Dorado’s Ghost
27 August 2015 El Dorado’s Ghost by Neil Tidmarsh Gold! Innately beautiful, never tarnishing, durable, malleable, relatively scarce – is it any wonder that it’s always been mankind’s standard measure of all things, from aesthetics to economics? At the same time, is it any wonder that a gold coin will almost inevitably have its… Continue reading Issue 17: 2015 08 27: El Dorado’s Ghost
