Brazil Collection (page 13)

Brazil. Gold Washing. Foliated Gold with Quartz
Engraving of rock quartz with fern like striations of gold running through it

Brazil. Gold Washing. Rounded Water-Worn Pebble of Gold with
Worn specimen of gold encrusted pebble, containing 6 oz of gold

Brazil. A Gold Washing. Gold Dust
Engraving of grains of gold, oval in shape like minute coins

The Empress of Brazil, c. 1889
Photograph of the Empress, Donna Theresa Christina Maria, of Brazil (born 1822); the wife of Pedro II of Brazil

Sir Richard Francis Burton disguised as a Pathan, c. 1853
Engraving of Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890), the English explorer, linguist and diplomat, disguised as a Pathan, c.1853

Fur - Otter Hunting
Hunting otter for their skins especially those of Canada and Brazil which are the most prized

Brazilian Catamaran
Brazilian catamaran

Brazilian Natives
The indigenous people of Brazil, relaxing on hammocks with fresh fruit and fish to hand, as first encountered by Vespucci and his men

From Spain to Brazil
Italian aviator Ramon Franco and his crew fly from Spain to Pernambuco, Brazil, in a German-designed Dornier Wal flying boat, made under licence in Italy

Brazil / Recife C1700
Recife: general view from the sea

Brazil Rio Grande
Scene on the Rio Grande - native boats at a riverside village

Brazil I-Garape Muri
The town of Santa Ana do Igarape-Miri, on the Amazon

Brazil Boa Vista Palace
The palace of Boa Vista at San Cristobal, residence of the emperor

Brazil Tabatinga
A village on the banks of the Amazon

Brazil Manaos
View of the harbour and town

Brazil Amazon
Dragging a boat round the Teotonio Falls

Brazil Santarem
View of the city, at the mouth of the river Tapajoz

Brazil Trombutas River
An interesting encounter with a local resident

Racial / Brazil Postman
A smartly dressed Brazilian postman delivers the mail to two native Brazilians who are hardly dressed at all

Our Lady of the Apparition
NUESTRA SENORA D APARECIDA - Our Lady of the Apparition - a Black Virgin from Brazil

Sea serpent in the bay of Rio de Janeiro
In the bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fishermen report a creature 20 metres long, with a giraffes neck and a serpents head. Others dismiss it as a hallucination

Percy H Fawcett expedition
PERCY H FAWCETT Expedition which looked for the explorer Fawcett after his disappearance in the Matto Grosso of Brazil, but they never found him

Death of Pedro II
The funeral cortege of the dethroned Pedro II of Brazil, in Paris, France

Rio Attacked 1711
Duguay-Trouins naval attack on Rio de Janeiro

Frenzied Brazilians
The Portuguese watch the antics of the crazed (possibly drug-induced) native Brazilians

Collecting Latex / Brazil
Collecting latex in Para, Brazil. The tree is tapped and the sap is collected

Making Rubber in Brazil
A Brazilian native making india-rubber on the Madeira River

Fruit Vendors / Brazil
Fruit vendors in Rio

Market / Brazil / 1905
A market at S. Vicente Cabo Verde, Brazil

Racial /s Americans 19C
Various native people of South America: 1-3: Botocudos of Brazil 4-6: Patagonians 7-8: Natives of Tierra del Fuego Date: 19th century

Bruno Mussolini Flies
Two Italian aircraft, one of them piloted by Bruno Mussolini, Il Duces son, fly to Brazil where they are received with great applause

Map /s America / Brazil 18C
Map of Brazil, with coastal towns well documented

Brazil / Amazon Lilies
Victoria Regia water lilies on the Amazon

Railways in Brazil
A temporary rail bridge and the Station of Rodeio on the Railway of Pedro II in Brazil

Racial / Brazil Headhunter
A head-hunter of the Mundrucu people has already obtained the head of a member of the Botocudo people, and it looks as though he will shortly add a second to his collection

Brazil / Amazon C1890
Tropical forest lines the banks of the lower Amazon, Brazil

Processing Cocoa Beans
Natives of the West Indies (or possibly Brazil) process cocoa beans for making chocolate

Botocudo Ritual Combat
Ritual combats of macho males of the BOTOCUDO people of Brazil - some bash each other with staffs, others wrestle on the ground

Arboreal Spiny Rat
Arboreal Spiny rat (Echimyidae Echimys)

Racial / Brazil Mass C1820
The womenfolk of a well-to-do Brazilian family go to Mass, led by their liveried major-domo

Xanthosoma Sagittifolia
xanthosoma and other exotic flora, and birds in the Brazilian jungle

Deodaro Da Fonseca
DEODARO DA FONSECA President of Brazil

Brazilian Gaucho
A Brazilian gaucho, a cowboy who works the cattle on the ranch, on horseback, wearing his sombrero, lassoo at the ready

Gold Washing, Brazil
Manner of Washing for Gold in the Brazilian Mountains

Striated Monkey (Bewick)
simia iacchus : Buffon calls it the OUISTITI. It lives in Brazil where it feeds on fruits, vegetables, insects and snails, and is fond of fish

Capybara (Bewick)
(or capibara) mus hydrochaerus The largest of the rodents, dwelling in Brazil and related to the guinea-pig

Armadillo (Bewick)
SIX-BANDED ARMADILLO dasypus sexcinctus Found in Brazil and Guiana : about the size of a young pig

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