Mexico's Contribution to the World's Silver | Finding Your Roots

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Mexico's Contribution to the World's Silver | Finding Your Roots

In Finding Your Roots Season Eight, actor Mario Lopez learns that his 11th great-grandfather, Baltasar Temiños De Bañuelos, was a Spanish conquistador and one of the founders of Zacatecas in Central Mexico, one of the largest mining states in the country.

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PBS Learning Media