The History of the Dollar as a Currency
…You can actually find them in regular use if you go to countries which use the US dollar, like in Ecuador. The problem with the dollar coins is that they…
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The Pan-American Highway
…coast and going through Cali, Colombia, Quito, Ecuador, Lima, Peru, and the Atacama Desert to Valparaiso, Chile. From here, the road takes a 90-degree turn and heads east across and…
All About Sand
…green sand beaches in Guam, Ecuador, and Norway. The green sand comes from the mineral olivine. Olivine is very common in the Earth’s mantle but much rarer on the surface….
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Argentina
…to include the former Ecuador TWHS Pambamarca, Ingapirca and some portions of the Lacs du Cajas et Ruines de Paredones. The entire road system measures up to 30,000 kilometers in…
Nazis in South America
…100,000 people. He was actually captured by the Americans after the war, but he escaped. He made it to Ecuador in 1949, then moved to Chile, where he openly lived…
Platinum, Palladium, and Rhodium: The Other Precious Metals
…history of each metal. The first known use of platinum predates European awareness by centuries. Indigenous peoples in pre-Columbian South America, particularly in what is now Colombia and Ecuador, worked…