Peru Collection (page 3)

INCAS HAIL EQUINOX
The Incas of Peru hail the equinox. Date: 15th century

PERU IN 1753
A typical scene in the Peruvian countryside, with a Mulatto woman on a horse, a caleche (coach) a llama, a vicuna, a huanaco, and various racial types Date: 1753

Cessna 172 Skylane OB-ACT in Peru Date: 1970s

Sunday Fair - Main Street of Huancayo, Peru (a stop on the Peruvian Central Railway - F. C. C. P.). Date: circa 1910s

Cusco, Peru - Incan Indians and their Llama. Note the Cyclopean Incan walls in the background with near flawless and seamless positioning of the stones. Date: circa 1910s

Andres Hurtado de Mendoza (1500-1561). Spanish military. 5th
Andres Hurtado de Mendoza. 3rd Marquis of Canete (1500-1561). Spanish military. 5th Viceroy of Peru. Portrait. Catholic University of Quito. Ecuador

Ricardo Palma (1833-1919). Peruvian author, scholar, librarian and politician. Portrait. Engraving. Colored

Chimu? culture. Tumi. Sacrificial ceremonial axe made of gold. It represents the god Maymlap. 11th-15th century. National Museum of Peru. Lima

Antonio Jose de Sucre (1795-1830). Venezuelan independence leader. Grand Marshal of Ayacucho. Portrait by Joaquin Pinto (1842-1906). Museum of Sucre. Quito. Eucador

Antonio Jose de Sucre (1795-1830), known as the Grand Marshal of Ayacucho. Venezuelan independence leader, general and statesman. Colored engraving, 1888

Cusco (Peru). 1576. Civitates Orbis Terrarum
Cusco (Peru). View of the city and its environs in 1576, conquered by the Spanish around 1534. Civitates Orbis Terrarum by G. Brauman and F. Hogenberg

Peru / Massive Olmec Head
Massive Olmec head discovered at Lake Titicaca on the Peru- Bolivia boundary

Gran Colombia-Peru War. Tarqui Battle of the February 27, 1829 between the troops of the Great Colombia led by Antonio Jos頤 e Sucre and the Republic of Peru led by Jos頤 e La Mar

Warrior. Inca art. Relief. PERU. Lima. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History

Bolivia Tiwanaku Site
BOLIVIA. Tiahuanaco. Sculpted head, 8th-10th c. A.D. Tihuanaco culture. Sculpture on rock

Puente de Piedra (Stone Bridge) over Rio Rimac, Lima, Peru
Puente de Piedra (Stone Bridge) over the Rio Rimac, Lima, Peru (see: 10956914 for the view from the other side of the river!). Date: circa 1903

PIZARRO, Francisco (1476-1541). Spanish military man, conqueror of Peru. Anonymous portrait of Francisco Pizarro. Oil on wood

Peruvian Quipo
Quipos - coloured cords, with knots at appropriate points, enabled the ancient Peruvians and Mexicans to communicate in a non-verbal manner

Plants / Datura Stramonium
Common Thorn Apple or Thorny Apple of Peru or Devils Apple or Jamestown / Jimson Weed

Cannibals / Alive
A captive eaten alive by members of the Antis tribe of Peru

Submission of Sayri Tupac. Engraving. Colored
Submission of Incas king Sayri Tupac to Don Hurtado de Mendoza, Viceroy of Peru. Engraving, 1807. Colored

Peru. Lima. Founded by Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro, 1535. Engraving 1850

Submission of Atahualpa. Colored engraving, 1807
Atahualpa (1497-1533). Inca Emperor. Submission of the last Inca emperor to the spanish embassy of Francisco Pizarro, led by Hernando de Soto. Colored engraving, 1807

Ramon Castilla y Marquesado (1797-1867). Peruvian caudillo and President of Peru four times. Portrait. Colored engraving. Famous Americans (1888)

Map of the Atlantic Ocean. 18th century
Map of the Atlantic Ocean from Newfoundland to Cape Horn. At A Voyage to the South-sea and along the coasts of Chili and Peru, in the years 1712, 1713 and 1714 by Amedee-Franc

Pre-Columbian Art. Inca. Chavin culture. Anthropomorphic ceramic. San Marcos Museum. Peru

Moche portrait stirrup spout vessel
Pre-Columbian Art. Moche Culture (100-900 B.C.). Moche portrait stirrup spout vessel. Archaeological Museum. Cusco. Peru

Calle de Lima, Callao, Peru, South America
Calle de Lima, port of Callao, Peru, South America. Date: circa 1910

Tree-lined street in Chorrillos, Lima, Peru, South America
Tree-lined street with tram near Market Square in Chorrillos, a district of Lima, Peru, South America. Date: circa 1910

View of the Misti volcano, Arequipa, Peru, South America
View of the Misti stratovolcano (also known as Putina) near the city of Arequipa, southern Peru, South America. Date: circa 1908

Union Street, Lima, Peru, South America
View of Union Street, Lima, Peru, South America, with the Club Nacional, Colon Theatre, Hotel Bolivar (centre right), San Martin Theatre, and Banco de Credito de Peru (far right). Date: circa 1940

QUISPE TITO, Diego (1611-1681). Christ calling St. Peter and St. Andrew. 1681. Zodiac Series depicting parables of the life of Christ: Pisces or Vocation of the Apostles. Colonial baroque

Bottle with female form and gold nose ring. Childbirth scene. Viru Culture of the Chicama and Viru, Peru, 3rd c. A.D. Pre-Columbian art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. Peruvian Gold Museum

MENDOZA, Alonso de (16th century). Spanish captain, conquistador, and the founder of the city of Nuestra Se񯲡 de La Paz, current capital city of Bolivia. Oil

Bolivia Potosi
View of the town (here described as being in Peru) Date: circa 1770

Puente de piedra (Stone Bridge) at Lima, Peru, with a view through to the Church of San Jose (see: 10997187 for the view from the other side of the river!). Date: circa 1910s

Lima - Peru - Plaza San Martin. Its central monument gives homage to Perus liberator, Jose de San Martin. Date: circa 1920s

Ruins of Ollantaytambo, Cuzco, Peru
Ollantaytambo is a town and an Inca archaeological site in southern Peru some 60 kilometers northwest of the city of Cusco

Cyclopean Wall - Sacsayhuaman Complex, Cuzco, Peru
Sacsayhuaman (also known as Saksaq Waman, Sacsahuaman or Saxahuaman) - a walled complex on the northern outskirts of the city of Cuzco, Peru, the former capital of the Inca Empire

QUISPE TITO, Diego (1611-1681). Saint Jerome

Peru. The Oath of Independence (28th July 1821). Jos頤 e San Mart� proclaiming the independence of Peru in the Main Square of Lima. Oil on canvas. PERU. Lima

Inca vase with a mythological drawing. Inca art. Ceramics. PERU. Lima. National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History

Andrea Caceres (Peru)
ANDREA CACERES President of Peru. Date: 1836 - 1923

Cuzco - Peru - Cyclopean masonry
Pre-Columbian walls at Cuzco, Peru - Cyclopean polygonal masonry of the Incas - almost defying belief with the way the massive multi-faceted blocks fit together seamlessly

Ufos / Madre De Dios, Peru
A farmer sees and photographs a UFO which he estimates is travelling at about 700 km/h Date: 1952

Emperor Thupa Inka
THUPA INKA YUPANKI (or Topa Inca Yupanqui) INCA EMPEROR OF PERU son of Pachakuti

Peru Chincha Islands
The northernmost of the Chincha (guano) islands

Passiflora -- Passion Flower -- brought from Peru/Brazil to Europe in 1699

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