Peru Collection

Trephination evidence in an Inca skull
Inca skull showing evidence of prehistoric trephining or brain surgery in Peru. Woodcut with a watercolor wash

Inca king Huayna Capac
Huayna Capac, Inca ruler in the early 1500s. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th century illustration

Ambrosio O Higgins, Viceroy of Peru
Don Ambrosio O Higgins, Spanish colonial administrator of Peru and of Chile. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 18th-century illustration

Pizarro capturing Inca stronghold in Peru, 1533
Pizarros assault on the Inca fortress of Sacsahuaman, Peru, 1533. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Inca city of Cusco, Peru, in 1556, after the Spanish conquest. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th century illustration

Incas battling Spanish conquistadors in Peru
Manco Inca Yupanqui leads attack on the Spanish in Cusco, Peru, 1536. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533
Spanish conqueror Pizarro orders the Inca ruler Atahualpa to be led instantly to execution in Peru, 1533. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Callao, Peru, under Spanish rule, 1620
Spanish colonial port of Callao, Peru, circa 1620. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 17th-century illustration

Guano island off the coast of Peru, 1880s
Sailors visiting a guano bed off the coast of Peru, 1880. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Amazon rain forest
Rain forest in the upper Amazon basin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Spanish conquistador on a horse with foal - the origin of the horse in colonial America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century Frederic Remington illustration

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Spanish conquistador in armor on horseback, New Spain, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Atahualpa, last Inca king of Peru. Hand-colored woodcut

Account of Pizarros conquest of Peru, 1535
Title page of Xeres account of the conquest of Peru, 1535. Document

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Incan Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, Peru, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration as given in Montanus and in Ogilby

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Francisco Pizarro portrait in full armor. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier portrait in Montanus and Ogilby

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Hernando De Soto portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Missionary Father Valverde addresses the Inca king Atahualpa during the Spanish conquest of Peru, 1532. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Inca king Huascar overthrown by Atahualpa
Murder of Inca ruler Huascar by order of Inca Atahualpa. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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An Inca man in the time of Pizarros conquest of Peru, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Sandals of Inca soldiers in Peru. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Inca hanging bridge over a gorge in the Andes Mountains. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

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Balsas, or native rafts, on Lake Titicaca in the Andes Mountains. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Inca teacher giving lessons in counting using the quipu. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Battle of Ayacucho, when Bolivars forces under General Sucre established Perus independence from Spain, 1824. Hand colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519
New World map after Magellans passage around Cape Horn in 1519. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

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Francisco Pizarro draws a line in the sand in Panama daring his men to follow him to Peru, 1530. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

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Francisco Pizarro portrait. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century ilustration

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Map of South America, from Sebastian Cabots map of the world, 1544. Hand colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of the original map

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Map of South America from the Spanish atlas executed at Messina in 1582 by Joan Martines. Printed color lithograph reproduction 19th century

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Meeting between Spanish conqueror Pizarro and Inca leader Atahualpa. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

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Francisco Pizarro expedition ascending the Andes to conquer the Inca empire in Peru. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

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