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South America Collection

Background imageSouth America Collection: Inca king Huayna Capac

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Trephination evidence in an Inca skull

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Guano island off the coast of Peru, 1880s

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Rio de Janeiro about 1700

Rio de Janeiro about 1700
Rio de Janeiro from the harbor while a Portuguese colony, circa 1700. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an 18th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: GLAT2A-00014

GLAT2A-00014
Street in Bogota, Columbia, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00377

EXPL2A-00377
Chart of the West Indies sea depths and land elevations. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: AGRI2A-00088

AGRI2A-00088
Native field hands picking coffee in Brazil 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Amazon rain forest

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: PPRE2A-00091

PPRE2A-00091
President Theodore Roosevelt refusing to pay Colombia millions for Panama Canal rights, 1903. Hand-colored 1903 W.A. Rogers cartoon

Background imageSouth America Collection: Ambrosio O Higgins, Viceroy of Peru

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Pizarro capturing Inca stronghold in Peru, 1533

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00019

NATL2D-00019
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: Inca dwelling replica at Ingapirca, Ecuador

Inca dwelling replica at Ingapirca, Ecuador
Reconstructed Inca dwelling amid the ruins at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00177

EXPL2A-00177
Inca city of Cusco, Peru, in 1556, after the Spanish conquest. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of a 16th century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Weapon used by hunters of the Amazon

Weapon used by hunters of the Amazon
Brazilian native using zarabatana, or shooting-tube, a hunting weapon. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Brazilian cannibalism, 1500s

Brazilian cannibalism, 1500s
Natives eating and cooking human flesh, northern Brazil, circa 1500. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Pedro II leaving Brazil, 1889

Pedro II leaving Brazil, 1889
Exile of Brazilian Emperor Pedro II after abdication, 1889. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Incas battling Spanish conquistadors in Peru

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Inca leader Atahualpa sentenced to execution, 1533

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Rio de la Plata, 1698

Rio de la Plata, 1698
Mouth of the Rio de la Plata in South America, in a map of 1698. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00336

EXPL2A-00336
Brazilian natives hunting with poison blow-guns, Amazon basin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Callao, Peru, under Spanish rule, 1620

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Bola used for hunting in Argentina

Bola used for hunting in Argentina
Argentine natives using the bola to hunt guanacos, a type of llama. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Travel on the pampas of Argentina, 1800s

Travel on the pampas of Argentina, 1800s
Prairie schooner pulled by oxen on the pampas of Argentina, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Arriving at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1800s

Arriving at Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1800s
Passengers disembarking from steamships in Buenos Aires harbor, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Rio de Janeiro in the 1800s

Rio de Janeiro in the 1800s
Harbor of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1870s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Gaucho playing his guitar, Argentina

Gaucho playing his guitar, Argentina
Argentinian " gaucho cantor, " or cowboy guitar-player of the pampas, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: Map of Argentina in the 1800s

Map of Argentina in the 1800s
Map of Agentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay in the 1870s. Color lithograph reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Coffee plantation in Brazil

Coffee plantation in Brazil
Coffee plantation in southern Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00173

EXPL2A-00173
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

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00245

EXPL2A-00245
Spanish conquistador in armor on horseback, New Spain, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Great voyages of the age of exploration

Great voyages of the age of exploration
Map of great voyages from 1492 to 1580. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada

Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada
Conquistador Gonzalo Jimenez de Quesada portrait. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Some large mammals

Some large mammals
Some wild animals of the world. Lithograph reproduction of 19th-century illustrations

Background imageSouth America Collection: Passage around Cape Horn in stormy seas

Passage around Cape Horn in stormy seas
Slippery deck of a ship in heavy seas sailing around Cape Horn, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00008

NATL2D-00008
Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00010

NATL2D-00010
Trapezoidal doorway leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00013

NATL2D-00013
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00012

NATL2D-00012
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00015

NATL2D-00015
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00016

NATL2D-00016
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00018

NATL2D-00018
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00136

EXPL2A-00136
Native canoe in the Strait of Magellan, Tierra del Fuego, southern tip of South America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: New World natives in a rain forest

New World natives in a rain forest
Natives in a tropical rain forest in the New World. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Patagonian as described by early explorers, 1500s

Patagonian as described by early explorers, 1500s
Quoniambec, a Patagonia native described as a giant by explorers. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of a 16th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: PLAT2A-00015

PLAT2A-00015
Atahualpa, last Inca king of Peru. Hand-colored woodcut

Background imageSouth America Collection: Account of Pizarros conquest of Peru, 1535

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: Argentine gaucho

Argentine gaucho
Gaucho, a type of cowboy in Argentina, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Brazilian native village, 1800s

Brazilian native village, 1800s
Native houses in a jungle of Brazil, 1800s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Tierra del Fuego natives

Tierra del Fuego natives
Native hunters of Tierra del Fuego with spear and sling. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Patagonian woman traveling by horse

Patagonian woman traveling by horse
Tehuelche woman on horseback in Patagonia, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: GLAT2A-00017

GLAT2A-00017
Ships in the Strait of Magellan rounding Cape Horn along the headlands of Tierra del Fuego. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Patagonian natives, 1800s

Patagonian natives, 1800s
Tehuelche camp in Patagonia, 1800s. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: Strait of Magellan

Strait of Magellan
The Strait of Magellan, ship passageway around the Horn of South America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Christening in Chile, 1800s

Christening in Chile, 1800s
Children participating in a mass christening at San Jose, Chile, 1880s. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: GLAT2D-00074

GLAT2D-00074
Belfry of the old cathedral in the Spanish colonial city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2A-00026

NATL2A-00026
Incan Temple of the Sun in Cuzco, Peru, 1500s. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction of an illustration as given in Montanus and in Ogilby

Background imageSouth America Collection: AGRI2A-00123

AGRI2A-00123
Coffee tree leaves, flowers, and fruit. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00005

NATL2D-00005
Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00002

NATL2D-00002
Ruins of Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: Spanish colonial administrators of Chile, 1600s

Spanish colonial administrators of Chile, 1600s
Spanish viceroy and governor of Chile on horseback. Hand-colored woodcut from Ovales " Regno de Chile, " 1648

Background imageSouth America Collection: Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth

Magellan sails around South America to circumnavigate the earth
Magellan passing through his Strait to sail around South America on his circumnavigation of the earth, 1519-1522. Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageSouth America Collection: South America mapped after Magellans voyage, 1519

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00239

EXPL2A-00239
First map of the Strait of Magellan from Magellans circumnavigation of the earth in 1519 showing north at the bottom. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of Pigafettas 16th century map

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00240

EXPL2A-00240
Ship " Victoria, " one of Magellans fleet which circumnavigated the earth, 1519-1520. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: PEXP2A-00035

PEXP2A-00035
Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan. Hand-colored halftone reproduction of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: PEXP2A-00065

PEXP2A-00065
Francisco Pizarro portrait in full armor. Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an earlier portrait in Montanus and Ogilby

Background imageSouth America Collection: Early depiction of Brazil in the Age of Discovery

Early depiction of Brazil in the Age of Discovery
Brazil coast, natives, and New World flora and fauna as known in 1586. Hand-colored woodcut from De Lery

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00020

EXPL2A-00020
Ships of Ferdinand Magellan rounding Tierra del Fuego to circumnavigate the earth 1519 to 1521. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Early map of the New World, 1513

Early map of the New World, 1513
Tabula Terre Nove 1513: the Admirals Map of the Caribbean and Terra Incognita (unknown lands). Hand-colored woodcut reproduction

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00030

EXPL2A-00030
Missionary Father Valverde addresses the Inca king Atahualpa during the Spanish conquest of Peru, 1532. Printed color lithograph of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Portuguese map of the tip of South America, 1571

Portuguese map of the tip of South America, 1571
Map of South America printed in Lisbon, 1571. Printed color halftone reproduction

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00147

EXPL2A-00147
World map after the disoveries of Columbus and Balboa, showing the prevalent idea that South America was attached to Asia. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00130

EXPL2A-00130
Exploring a tropical rain forest, such as in Central or South America. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: Animal illustrations

Animal illustrations
Mammals of arid regions. Lithograph reproduction of 19th-century illustrations

Background imageSouth America Collection: Primates and other mammals

Primates and other mammals
Some wild animals of the world. Lithograph reproduction of 19th-century illustrations

Background imageSouth America Collection: Galapagos tortoises

Galapagos tortoises. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century illustration

Background imageSouth America Collection: EXPL2A-00354

EXPL2A-00354
Dauphin Map by Pierre Desceliers made for Prince Henry (who became Henri II) by order of the French King Francis I, 1546. Printed color halftone reproduction 19th century

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00007

NATL2D-00007
Doorways leading to Inca Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: NATL2D-00009

NATL2D-00009
Ruins of Inca city and Temple of the Sun at Ingapirca in the Andes Mountains, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: PLAT2A-00001

PLAT2A-00001
Simon Bolivar, El Libertador. Hand-colored engraving of a 19th-century portrait

Background imageSouth America Collection: Inca king Huascar overthrown by Atahualpa

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

Background imageSouth America Collection: GLAT2D-00067

GLAT2D-00067
New cathedral in the Spanish colonial city of Cuenca, Ecuador. Digital photograph

Background imageSouth America Collection: GLAT2D-00068

GLAT2D-00068
Arches facing the Spanish colonial plaza of Cuenca, Ecuador. Digital photograph



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