Free Mulatto of Lima, Peru. Mulâtresse libre, Lima. Source: Le Musée cosmopolite. Costumes actuels de tous les peuples, gravés sur acier par les premiers Graveurs de Paris. Paris, Ancienne Mon… Read More
Free Mulatto of Lima, Peru. Mulâtresse libre.
Category: Latin America
Tapada limeña. Tapada de saya. Peru c1850.
Tapada limeña was the name that was used to designate the Lima woman in the viceroyalty of Peru and the early years of the Republic.
Femme de la campagne. Rio de la Plata – environ de Buenos Aires.
AMERICA, Country Woman. Rio de la Plata – about Buenos Aires, Montevideo.
Botokuden. Indians from south-east Brazil.
Botokuden or Aymoré people Indians from south-east Brazil.
Maxuruna. Brazilian indigenous tribesman.
Maxuruna. Peruvian indigenous tribesman. From the journey undertaken by the author with Johann Baptist Ritter von Spix (1781-1826), between 1817 and 1820. South America, 19th century.
Cuba costume at the end of the 19th century.
Cuba costume at the end of the 19th century.
Voltigeur. Infanterie légère d’une compagnie de voltigeurs (Mexique).
Infanterie légère d’une compagnie de voltigeurs (Mexique). The French intervention in Mexico was an intervention of France in the internal affairs of Mexico.
Brazilian merchants ride to Rio de Janeiro.
Brazilian merchants ride to the market at Barra da Tijuca in Rio de Janeiro, 19th c.. Caravane de marchands allant a Tijuca. Source: L’Univers, Histoire et description de tous les… Read More
Francisco Pizarro, the conquerer of Peru.
Pizarro before Charles V. Francisco Pizarro, the conquerer of Peru, was born in Spain about 1475. In 1522 he became a captain, and organized an expedition to explore and conquer… Read More
A Chola from La Paz wearing a Bowler hat.
A Chola from La Paz wearing a Bowler hat. The Bolivian chola of La Paz wears a small derby-like hat, which is made either of felt or of highly varnished… Read More