History of Bolivia to 1809 reduction in silver output. After 1700 only small amounts of bullion from Upper Peru were shipped to Spain. Kings from the Bourbon Dynasty in Spain tried to reform the colonial economy in the mid-eighteenth century by reviving mining. The Spanish crown provided the financial support necessary to develop deeper shafts, and in 1736 it agreed to lower the tax rate from 20 to 10 percent of the total output. The crown also helped create a minerals purchasing bank, the Banco de San Carlos in 1751 and subsidized the price of mercury to local mines. The foundation of an academy of
Glas 1700 the Glas 1700 with BMW engines and underpinnings, and a BMW front later grafted onto the nose. These cars were branded as the and sold between 1968 and 1973. They were subsequently rebadged as the and continued to be sold in South Africa in 1973 and 1974, with new cars still available in late 1975. BMW SA versions derived from the Glas 1700 were also assembled in Rhodesia as the BMW Cheetah. Hanns-Peter Rosellen: "Vom Goggomobil zum Glas V8." Zyklam-Verlag Frankfurt 1985. This entry is based on information from the German Wikipedia . Glas 1700 The Glas 1700 is a