South America Gallery

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

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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

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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

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