In the middle of the 19th century, a sleepy agricultural province of Andalusia was thrown onto the world’s stage and into the limelight of international attention. Almost overnight the Huelva Pyrite Mines became a key player in the industrial revolution and world trade. On one level, this is the fascinating story of copper and sulphur, of innovation and breathtaking progress in science, engineering and communications, but on another deeper level, it’s also the human story of a crucible of cultures in Huelva, and how both the Spanish and the British overcame the challenges they faced the best way they knew how.
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