Brazilian Collection (page 3)

South American or pinnated bittern, Botaurus pinnatus. (Brazilian bittern, Ardea brasiliensis.) From a specimen in the possession of Thomas Pennant

Brazilian gloxinia, Sinningia speciosa (Shewy gloxinia, Gloxinia speciosa). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Smith after a botanical illustration by Mrs Augusta Withers from Benjamin Maund

Govenia utriculata orchid (Mr. Gardners Brazilian govenia, Govenia gardneri). Handcoloured copperplate engraving after a botanical illustration from William Jackson Hookers Botanical Magazine

Electric eel, torpedo, batfish, cowfish and sargassum fish
Electric eel, Electrophorus electricus 1, eyed electric ray, Torpedo torpedo 2, Brazilian batfish, Ogcocephalus vespertilio 3, longhorn cowfish, Lactoria cornuta 4, and sargassum fish

Convoy of diamonds, Brazil, South America
A convoy of diamonds in Brazil, South America -- the diamonds were transported from Tijuco (Diamantina) in the state of Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro. Date: 1842

Indigenous people of Brazil, South America. Date: 1842

Scrap, Peoples of the World - Brazilian Hunter. 19th century

Brazilian Revolution of 1930
The events in Recife during the Brazilian Revolution of 1930. On the left, government cavalry charges at a crowd. On the right, a house is on fire

The count of Eu and his Staff
A group of men, with the man in the middle being Gaston of Orleans, the Count of Eu, son-in-law of the Brazilian Emperor. Gaston was a military commander in the Paraguayan War alongside his

Halt and Camp before Curupayty
The Brazilian fleet halts on the Parana river, just before Curupayty. Date: 1867

Brazilians Take Curuzu
The capture of the Curuzu battery by the secondary corps of the Brazilian army, under the order of lieutenant-general Viscount of Porto-Alegre, on 3rd September 1866. Date: 3rd September 1866

Colonel F. Carneiro de Campos: Prisoner of War
Colonel Frederico Carneiro de Campos, was imprisoned by Paraguayan soldiers shortly before the initial act and declaration of war by Paraguay

Battle of Estero-Bellaco
The battle of Estero-Bellaco on 2nd May 1866. Battalions of soldiers keep formation as they ride forward to attack. Other soldiers stand their ground, partially obscured by smoke from cannonfire

Destruction of a Brazilian Gunboat
During a naval skirmish, a Brazilian gunboat is torpedoed and is in the process of sinking, life boats of sailors rowing away from the steamship to the shores of the river. Date: 1865

Brazilian expedition in the Forests of Goias
A Brazilian expedition encampment in the forests of Goias, at Rio Verde. An army camp is set up in the distance as a column of soldiers marches into it. Date: 1866

Combat in Rio Grand do Sul 1865
A division of Paraguayan forces and two brigades of Brazilian troops engage in Rio Grande do Sul. Date: 26 June 1865

The Ruins of the Principal Church at Paysandu 1865
The church at Paysandu was extremely damaged during the Siege of Paysandu during the Paraguayan War, which lasted over a month of Brazilian-Colorado troops blockading

Brazilian Reinforcements at Corrientes
The arrival of Brazilian reinforcements at Corrientes at the Parana river, for the army of operation. Several ships lay offshore as rowboats filled with soldiers head towards land. Date: 1866

Paraguayan War - Emperor of Brazil at Alegrete Camp
During the Paraguayan War, the Emperor of Brazil assumed command of the Brazilian army and travelled to Alegrete on his way to Uruguaiana, along with his two sons-in-law

The Battle of Tonelero 1852
Battle between the Argentine Confederation army and the Brazilian Imperial Navy, commanded by Admiral Grenfell in the flagship steamer " Affonzo"

Attack of a Fortified Village
A battle scene as early Brazilian warriors fight with clubs, bows and arrows, attacking a fortified village. One warrior sounds a horn. Date: circa 1500

Indigenous woman and baby, Brazil, setting off to work in the fields. Date: 1922

Indigenous musician, Brazil, playing pan pipes and wearing many beads. Date: 1922

Two indigenous hunters, Brazil
Two indigenous hunters in Brazil, descended from the ancient Aruacs. Their earlobes are weighted and elongated in childhood. Date: 1922

Woman preparing food from cassava plant, Brazil
Woman preparing food from a cassava or manioc plant, Brazil. The root of the plant is poisonous, but the poison can be extracted by squeezing the sap out by stretching and contracting. Date: 1922

Girls operating the public lottery, Brazil
Girls operating the public lottery by turning wheels with numbers on them, Brazil. Date: 1922

EMBRAER - EMB-111 P-95 FAB 7052
Brazilian Air Force - EMBRAER (EMB-111) P-95 FAB 7052, at the 1978 SBAC Farnborough Air show on 9 September 1978 Date: 1978

Fokker S-12 Instructor PH-NDC
Fokker S-12 Instructor prototype PH-NDC (msn 6287) at White Waltham for a Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party. This aircraft is preserved at the Nationaal Luchtvaart-Themapark Aviodrome

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Avenida Presidente Vargas (named after Getulio Dornelles Vargas). Date: circa 1950s

Racial Types - Brazil Postman
A smartly dressed Brazilian postman delivers the mail to two native Brazilians who are hardly dressed at all Date: circa 1905

BRAZILIAN JUNGLE SCENE
xanthosoma and other exotic flora, and birds in the Brazilian jungle Date: 1913

XANTHOSOMA SAGITTIFOLIA
species of YAUTIA, arrow-flowered xanthosoma in the Brazilian jungle Date: 1913

BATTLE OF ITAPIRU
PARAGUAY-BRAZIL WAR The Brazilian general field- marshal Osorio defeats the Paraguayans at the battle of Itapiru Date: 17 April 1866

NAVAL BATTLE
PARAGUAY-BRAZIL WAR Naval action : Brazilian monitors force a passage past the Paraguayan batteries at Tebicuary Date: 1868

Brazilian squid
SEA SERPENT LOOK-ALIKE Cuttle fish, or calamary Date: 1802

Brussels Exhibition of 1910 - Pavilion Bresil (Brazilian Pavilion) Date: 1910

Esplanada Building - Sao Paulo, Brazil
CBI Esplanade Skyscraper Building - Sao Paulo, Brazil. Date: circa 1930s

Brazil, South America - Sao Vicente - Monument
Sao Vicente, Sao Paolo, Brazil, South America - Monument built to mark the 400th anniversary of the founding of St. Vincent, inaugurated in 1933. Date: circa 1934

Avenida Central - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - photograph taken on 15th December 1905. Date: 1905

Tolypeutes tricinctus, Brazilian three-banded armadillo
Specimen from The Natural History Museum, London

Carmen Miranda / United
CARMEN MIRANDA (Maria de Carmo Miranda de Cunha) American singer known as the Brazilian Bombshell

Copacabana Beach - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Date: circa 1940

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Christ the Redeemer statue, an immense art deco creation by the French sculptor Paul Landowski. The face was created by the Romanian artist Gheorghe Leonida

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Copacabana Beach Date: 1955

Brazil. Rio de Janeiro. Proclamation of the Republic of Brazil. Popular ovation to Marshal Deodoro da Fonseca (1827-1892) and Quintino Bocaiuva (1836-1912) in Cuvidor Street. November 15, 1889

Brazil - Kadiweu Woman - Nabileque River, Mato Grosso
Argentina - Kadiweu Woman living close to the Nabileque River, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Gran Chaco, southwestern Brazil. The Kadiweu are last surviving group of the once great

Santos Dumont in 1901
Brazilian aviator Santos-Dumont, at Saint-Cloud, Paris, prepares to make his historic flight round the Tour Eiffel in his Airship number 6. Date: 13 July 1901

Alberto Santos-Dumont (1873 - 1932), Brazilian aviation pioneer, one of the very few people to have contributed significantly to the development of both lighter-than-air

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