Note 9 — Chapter II
Reading edition
The only accounts accessible are in Cabrera (see Philippson's "Estimate of the Revenues of Spain," in his Henrich IV. and Philipp III., vol. ii. p. 44), and relate only to the years 1599-1610. The amounts given are not the total yield of the American mines, which is out of the question, but the amount of metal brought yearly to Spain by the Silver Fleet. The amounts (without distinction of the metals) were as follow:—
15998,000,000 Ducats.
16009,926,192 Ducats.
160010,000,000 Ducats.
16011,000,000 Ducats.
160210,000,000 Ducats.
16037,000,000 Ducats.
160414,500,000 Ducats.
16069,000,000 Ducats.
16064,500,000 Ducats.
160712,200,000 Pesos.
16089,000,000 Ducats.
160910,600,000 Ducats.
161010,000,000 Ducats.