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Orinoco Collection

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Monkeys of Guiana, South America, by Humboldt

Monkeys of Guiana, South America, by Humboldt
Monkeys of the river Orinoco, Guiana, South America, by Humboldt. Three-striped night monkey, Aotus trivirgatus 1, red-backed saki, Pithecia chiropotes 2, black-headed uakari

Background imageOrinoco Collection: VENEZUELA / ORINOCO 1894

VENEZUELA / ORINOCO 1894
Orinoco river: with pink flamingoes and lush vegetation Date: 1894

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Venezuela, Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco

Venezuela, Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco
A beautiful portrait of a Warao Mother and Child of the Orinoco Delta region. The Warao (" the boat people" ) are an indigenous people inhabiting northeastern Venezuela and western Guyana

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela

Piaroas ceremonial masks. 1960. Venezuela
Piaroas ceremonial masks: Spirit of the Forest (Redyo), monkey and Peccary mask. 1960. Venezuela. Ethnographic Museum. Budapest. Hungary

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Cataracts of Maypures map

Cataracts of Maypures map
Engraving by Alexander Humboldt, April 1800. This map depicts an area of the Orinoco river in South America. Date: 1800

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Venezuela / Orinoco 1894

Venezuela / Orinoco 1894
VENEZUELA - The banks of the Orinoco teem with picturesque wildlife, but some it can be dangerous, too - note that leopard prowling nearby

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Maipure Indians grilling the legs of a dead enemy

Maipure Indians grilling the legs of a dead enemy
Maipure Indians, inhabitants of the Upper Orinoco river, grilling the legs of a dead enemy. Italian Engraving 1781. Colored

Background imageOrinoco Collection: GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian

GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian
" GILII, Filippo Salvatore (1721 - 1789). Italian Jesuit priest and linguist who lived in Nueva Granada (Venezuela) on the Orinoco. He studied the nature of languages

Background imageOrinoco Collection: America (18th c. ). Growings of the Indians of

America (18th c. ). Growings of the Indians of
America (18th c.). Growings of the Indians of the basins of Orinoco and Amazon rivers. Italian engraving of 1780. Etching

Background imageOrinoco Collection: A beached Amazon River Dolphin

A beached Amazon River Dolphin
A beached Amazon river dolphin, a freshwater river dolphin endemic to the Orinoco, Amazon and Araguaia/Tocantins River systems of Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Venezuela Orinoco

Venezuela Orinoco
River scene

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Orinoco Collides

Orinoco Collides
In the roadstead of Cherbourg, the transatlantic passenger liner Orinoco collides with Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse with massive damage to both vessels

Background imageOrinoco Collection: Humboldt / Keller / Orinoco

Humboldt / Keller / Orinoco
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT German scientist and traveller depicted on the Orinoco with Bonpland during his American travels, 1799 - 1804


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