Latin America:Caribbean Gallery

EXPL2A-00294

Tenochtitlan, capital city of Aztec Mexico, an Island connected by causeways to land, 1520s.
Hand-colored 19th-century woodcut reproduction of an early Spanish colonial map

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1500s, 1520, 16th Century, American, Art, Aztec, Cause Way, City, Civilization, Colonial, Colony, Conquest, Cortes, Cortez, Discover, Exploration, Explore, Hernando Cortes, Historic, History, Illustration, Island, Lake, Lake Tezcoco, Latin America, Map, Mexican, Mexico, Mexico City, New Spain, New World, North America, Road, Spanish, Tenochtitlan, Vintage, Xochimilco

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

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1700s, 18th Century, Administrator, Ambrose Higgins, Ambrosio O Higgins, Art, Chile, Colonial, Don Ambrosio Ohiggins, Heritage, Historic, History, Illustration, Irish, Latin America, Latin American, Leader, Peru, Soldier, South America, South American, Traditional, Viceroy, Viceroy Of Peru, Vintage

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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American, Art, Canoe, Cape Horn, Fernao Magellan, Historic, History, Illustration, Indian, Journey, Latin America, Magellan, Magellanes, Mountain, Native, New World, Ocean, Sea, South America, Strait Of Magellan, Tierra Del Fuego, Travel, Vintage, Voyage