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Amérique méridionale.
Detailed map of South America, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Pérou et Bolivia.
Detailed map of Peru and Bolivia, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienn...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
![[Human sacrifices by Peruvian Indians ].](/uploads/cache/27281-250x250.jpg)
[Human sacrifices by Peruvian Indians ].
Aquatint depicting human sacrifices by Peruvian Indians. Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Selling price: $20
Sold in 2016
Nuovo Mondo parte Meridionale.
Uncommon map of South America prepared by Francesco Costantino Marmocchi. Above the map "Geografia Commerciale". From "Il Globo Atlante di carte Geografich...
Place & Date: Genova, Paolo Rivara fu Giacomo, 1858
Brésil.
Detailed map of Brazil, prepared by Charles V. Monin (fl.1830-1880) a French cartographer of Caen and Paris. Published in Atlas Universel de Géographie Ancienne &c M...
- $45 / ≈ €42
Place & Date: Paris, 1845
Amérique Méridionale.
Nice small map of South America. Dated 1748. From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 105 outside border top right. Mary Sponberg Pedley does not mention...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1748
Terre de Sainte Croix, nommée à présent Bresil.
Detailed small map showing most part of the Brazilian seacoasts, from the mouth of the Amazon River as far as the island of Sao Sebastiao.From Atlas Portatif Universel, b...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1749
Carte du Cours du Maragnon ou .. Amazones..
Uncommon edition of this map of the river Amazon. In lower right engraved "30."From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et P...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773
Suite de Perou Audience de Lima.
Uncommon edition of this accurate map showing the southern Peruvian coast, the ranges and villages of numerous Indian tribes are shown.FromAtlas Portatif pour servir a l'...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1756
![[ Guayanas inhabitants Paraguay ].](/uploads/cache/27295-250x250.jpg)
[ Guayanas inhabitants Paraguay ].
Aquatint depicting some relexing Guayanas Indians of Paraguay, who occupy the rivers flowing to the right bank of the Parana.The Charruas Indians were the first inhabitan...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Santiago inhabitants in their local dress. ]](/uploads/cache/27294-250x250.jpg)
[ Santiago inhabitants in their local dress. ]
Aquatint depicting inhabitants of Santiago in local dress.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Spanish Sheppard's in Paraguay ].](/uploads/cache/27290-250x250.jpg)
[Spanish Sheppard's in Paraguay ].
Aquatint depicting Spanish Sheppard's in Paraguay.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Charruas Indians from Paraguay ].](/uploads/cache/27296-250x250.jpg)
[ Charruas Indians from Paraguay ].
Aquatint depicting the Charruas Indians cooking. The charruas Indians were the first inhabitants who hunted and fished in the area now known as Uruguay. They have probabl...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Indians playing Queciu (top) and Porotos (bottom) ].](/uploads/cache/27298-250x250.jpg)
[ Indians playing Queciu (top) and Porotos (bottom) ].
Aquatint depicting Indians playing Queciu (top) and Porotos (bottom).Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvern...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Camacani Indian artifacts ].](/uploads/cache/27316-250x250.jpg)
[Camacani Indian artifacts ].
Aquatint depicting Camacani Indian artifacts.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Botocudos tribe artifacts ].](/uploads/cache/27318-250x250.jpg)
[Botocudos tribe artifacts ].
Aquatint depicting artifacts from the Botocudos tribel.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Régions Polaires.
Eight maps on one sheet, showing the North and South Poles, with adjective regions. Taken from "Atlas Universel" by Chesneau and Ch. Bonnesseur. Engraved by R. ...
- $50 / ≈ €47
Place & Date: Paris, 1931
L'Amérique Méridionale, Divisée en ses Principaux Etats.
Map of South America, from Atlas de la Géographie de toutes les parties du monde .. Ouvrage destiné pour l'education, et nécessaire aux négocians, aux voyageurs, aux ...
Place & Date: Paris, Prudhomme, Levrault, Debray, 1806
Partie Orientale de la Terre Ferme ou l'on trouve la Guiane.
Nice small map encompassing a large area between the Orinoco and the River Amazon.From Atlas Portatif Universel, by Robert de Vaugondy.Page 107 outside border top right. ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Paris, later than 1749
![[ Market Place at Buenos Aires. ]](/uploads/cache/27330-250x250.jpg)
[ Market Place at Buenos Aires. ]
Aquatint depicting a lifely scene of the Market Place Buenos Aires with its merchants.Engraved by Fumigalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Hi...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]](/uploads/cache/40468-250x250.jpg)
[Ralegh arrives at Orocotona.]
On reaching the rapids of the Caroní, further up the Orinoco, Ralegh’s expedition was unable to proceed further by river, so they continued overland, eventually arrivi...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[ A square at Buenos Aires. ]](/uploads/cache/27329-250x250.jpg)
[ A square at Buenos Aires. ]
Aquatint depicting a suare at Buenos Aires.Engraved by Fumigalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la milice, de la...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[South America].](/uploads/cache/46140-250x250.jpg)
[South America].
Alexey Afinogenovich Ilyin was a lieutenant general and cartographer (1832-1889). In 1856, after graduating from the Academy of the General Staff, he was at the military ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: St. Petersburg, 1899
![[Coroados artifacts from Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27309-250x250.jpg)
[Coroados artifacts from Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting artifacts used by the Coroados tribe of Brazil.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouverneme...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Hunting scene of Botocudos family, Rio Grande, Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27297-250x250.jpg)
[ Hunting scene of Botocudos family, Rio Grande, Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting a hunting scene of a native Botocudos family, Rio Grande, Brazil.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoi...
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Selling price: $35
Sold in 2018
![[Indians of Patagonia, Chile, greeting a European traveller, probably Louis Antoine de Bougainville. ]](/uploads/cache/27303-250x250.jpg)
[Indians of Patagonia, Chile, greeting a European traveller, probably Louis Antoine de Bougainville. ]
Aquatint depicting Indians of Patagonia, Chile, greeting a European traveller, probably Louis Antoine de Bougainville. Comte de Bougainville was a French admiral and expl...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
P.les du Chile.
A charming copper engraving depicting a town surrounded by a luxuriant landscape on the background and a couple of indigenous on the foreground.From the French text editi...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Paris, 1683
![[ Soldiers near the river banks of the River Plate ].](/uploads/cache/27324-250x250.jpg)
[ Soldiers near the river banks of the River Plate ].
Aquatint depicting soldiers living near the river banks of the River Plate, an estuary formed by a combination of Uruguay rivers and the Parana River. It is located at th...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
L'America meridionale divisa nei suoi principali stati.
Rare map of south America, from "Atlante Novissimo ad uso Dei Giovani Studiosi Contenuto In Carte XXVII.", published by Giovanni Zempel in Rome, ca. 1780.The ma...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Rome, 1780
![[How the women tease their captives.]](/uploads/cache/40478-250x250.jpg)
[How the women tease their captives.]
The Indian women led their captive, Staden, into the middle of the hamlet. Then they decorated his head with feathers and his legs with rattles. After forming a circle ro...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Amérique Méridionale . . .
Detailed map of South America, prepared by A. H. Basset, rue Saint-Jacques, no. 64, Paris and published in Atlas classique et Universel de Géographie . . . .The engraver...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Paris, A.H. Basset, 1828
![[The ritual of the killing.]](/uploads/cache/40081-250x250.jpg)
[The ritual of the killing.]
On the day of the killing, the rope is untied from the prisoner’s neck, then put round his body and pulled tightly from both ends. A fire burns in front of the prisoner...
- $150 / ≈ €140
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[ Pampas Indians near Buenos Aires in Argentina ].](/uploads/cache/27322-250x250.jpg)
[ Pampas Indians near Buenos Aires in Argentina ].
Aquatint depicting the Pampas Indians in front of a local shop near Buenos Aires.Engraved by Bonatti.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire ...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[The strange sheep-like creatures that carried the silver .]](/uploads/cache/40481-250x250.jpg)
[The strange sheep-like creatures that carried the silver .]
When the Spanish discovered the silver mines of Potosí, they organised the transporting of the rich ore, westward by llama trains across the Altiplano and down to Arica ...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].](/uploads/cache/41087-250x250.jpg)
Praelium Divrnum. [Spanish fleet defeated by the Dutch] / Nocturnum Praelium [Dutch and Spanish at sea off Lima].
Two engravings. [498] On the evening of 17th July, 1615, Spilbergen’s Dutch fleet encountered, off the coast of Peru near Lima, the powerful fleet of the Spanish, under...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Patacho Tribesmen of the Rio do Prado. ]](/uploads/cache/27317-250x250.jpg)
[Patacho Tribesmen of the Rio do Prado. ]
A native Patacho Tribesman is about to cut open a piece of fruit (melon?) with a hatchet while another holds a bow and arrows or spears while looking on. Behind them are ...
- $60 / ≈ €56
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].](/uploads/cache/41090-250x250.jpg)
[Spilbergen's fleet visits the island of Santa Maria] / [The Dutch visit Isla Mocha].
Two engravings. [514] On 29th May, 1615, Spilbergen’s fleet anchored further north, off an island called Santa María that was separated by a narrow stretch of water (A...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Birds from Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27307-250x250.jpg)
[Birds from Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting 6 different species of birds from Brazil. Engraved by Raineri.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Franciscus Pizarrus lässt den König Atabaliba wider verheissene trew und glauben auff . . .
Atahualpa who is chained to his chair is garroted or executed in a room with Spanish soldiers and blacks [slaves]. Includes spears, gun or musket, headdress, pole and rop...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
![[French seizure of Chiorera.]](/uploads/cache/39911-250x250.jpg)
[French seizure of Chiorera.]
Scarce print with a German text sheet showing the French torching and looting Chiorera. From de Bry's "Great American Voyages". Johann Theodor de Bry (1561-1623...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Revenge for Juan de Ayola's death.]](/uploads/cache/40083-250x250.jpg)
[Revenge for Juan de Ayola's death.]
During Ayolas’s travels in Paraguay, he founded the fort at La Candelaria, near Corumba but later, while returning to Asunción, he and his entire party were killed by ...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].](/uploads/cache/41117-250x250.jpg)
[Another Dutch fleet reaches Lima].
In 1624 a heavily armed Dutch fleet sailed from the Juan Fernandez Islands to Lima. The leader of the fleet, Jacob l’Hermite, was in such poor health that he had to han...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Last of the Pizzaro brothers killed.]](/uploads/cache/40356-250x250.jpg)
[Last of the Pizzaro brothers killed.]
Conflict between Gonzalo Pizarro and the latest officially appointed governor of Peru, Pedro de la Gasca, reached a climax in 1548 when Gasca’s forces crossed the Apuri...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Royal Governor of Peru is killed.]](/uploads/cache/40355-250x250.jpg)
[Royal Governor of Peru is killed.]
Life under the new governor, Vaca de Castro, was no more stable than before and the king of Spain was eventually forced to send out yet another governor to replace him. H...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Plants Lantor, Assa, Pimenta, Mangostan and Pepper.
Lantor is a kind of coconut palm (or Indian nut) with fronds as long as a human body. These fronds are used as paper. Pimenta del Rabo (or cubebe) grows grape-like on tre...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1598
![[How the Indians cross the river.]](/uploads/cache/40477-250x250.jpg)
[How the Indians cross the river.]
The Indians of Peru had strange ways of crossing rivers. They tied a rope between two poles on either side of a river, then they hung a large basket from this rope and wh...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Atahualpa captured by Spanish.]](/uploads/cache/40352-250x250.jpg)
[Atahualpa captured by Spanish.]
Accompanying Pizarro was a monk called Valverde, who confronted Atahualpa with a crucifix and breviary. The interpreter said the Spanish had been sent by their emperor to...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..](/uploads/cache/41095-250x250.jpg)
[How natives of Paria cope with illness] / Vespucci reaches Lake Maracaibo]..
Two engravings. [421b] When the natives of those parts, they were bathed in a cold stream, then chased round a blazing fire until they had dried out. Then they were put t...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]](/uploads/cache/41101-250x250.jpg)
[A prisoner of the Indians of Tupinamba, covered in feathers . . .]
A graphic scene of fighting and extreme violence. One man is seen covered in feathers, before being sacrificed and killed before the Brazilian tribe of Tupinamba. In 1631...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Indian market at Cartagena.]](/uploads/cache/40078-250x250.jpg)
[Indian market at Cartagena.]
The natives of the province of Cartagena had plenty of fruit, fish, salt and peppers, which they exchanged for other necessities of life. In times of peace, the natives o...
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
(Native population of Tierra del Fuego attacking some Dutchmen)
Native population of Tierra del Fuego attacking some Dutchmen. In the background anchored ships. Illustrating the account of the expedition of Jacobus L'Hermite.With nati...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Isle du Prince.
Simplified bird's-eye view of "Isle du Prince" in present-day Argentina.From volume two of the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages. The French ...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Als dem König Atabaliba zugesagt war dass er widerumb ledig werden solt schickte er die. . .
Spanish soldiers on horseback supervise native Americans who bring gold and silver vessels and statues to a fortified city. Includes vessels, animals such as a lobster, a...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
![De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]](/uploads/cache/40485-250x250.jpg)
De Sota meets the Inca king near Cajamarca.]
When the Spanish arrived in Cajamarca, they found only a few inhabitants. The Inca army was camped in the surrounding hills and the residence of the Inca king, Atahualpa,...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Atabaliba kompt mit Francisco Pizarro ubereyn der Rantzion halben die er für sein erledigung bezahlen solte. . .
Atahualpa or Atabaliba talks to Francisco Pizarro in a room with Spanish soldiers. Includes spears, guns or muskets, and dwellings. Accompanying Pizarro was a monk called...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
![[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].](/uploads/cache/41093-250x250.jpg)
[The bloody battle at Chupas] / [Francesco Pizzaro is killed].
Two engravings. [492] Even before Pizarro’s death, a new royal governor, Vaca de Castro, was on his way to settle the turmoil in Peru. He refused to accept Almagro the ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Cavendish reaches Morro Moreno.]](/uploads/cache/39910-250x250.jpg)
[Cavendish reaches Morro Moreno.]
Scarce print with a German text sheet showing Cavendish’s fleet anchor at a place called Morro Moreno, on the coast of Chile. The Indians came down from the high cliffs...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island].](/uploads/cache/40177-250x250.jpg)
[Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island].
Murder of Dominican monks in Cumana or Cubagua Island in what is now Venezuela. Scarce print (150x177mm.) on a German text sheet taken from a first edition of Johann Ludw...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Indians mined the silver at Pitosi.]](/uploads/cache/40482-250x250.jpg)
[How the Indians mined the silver at Pitosi.]
The mountain shown here is probably the Cerro Rico, which stand above the city of Potosí and has the distinction of being the richest mountain in all the Americas. The I...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]](/uploads/cache/41094-250x250.jpg)
[How the Inca nobility are buried] / [Bridge of Huaynacapaco]
Two engravings. [470] The funeral of an Inca king was a ceremony of great splendor. After digging a large pit, the Indians would decorate the corpse with gold and silver ...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[How Incas wrought their gold.]](/uploads/cache/40080-250x250.jpg)
[How Incas wrought their gold.]
The goldsmiths of Huayna-Capac were master craftsmen who wrought gold into magnificent artefacts with the simplest of tools. They used clay furnaces, heated by coals and ...
- $200 / ≈ €187
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
Impero Brasiliano . . .
A rare and detailed double-page map of Brazil. Map is surrounded by an explanatory historical text about the countries in a yellow background color.According to the title...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Venice, 1840
Le due Repubbliche . . . la Confederazione Peruviana . . . Bolivia . . .
A rare and detailed double-page map of Peru and Bolivia. Map is surrounded by an explanatory historical text about the countries in pink, yellow and green background colo...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Venice, 1840
Die Stadt Cuzco so die reichste war in gantzen Königreich Peru wirdt von den Spaniern eingenommen.
Spanish soldiers fight in a fortified town against native Americans. Includes guns or muskets, swords, spears, fortifications, and scene of warfare.After Atahualpa was ki...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, 1607
![[The Callo Palace.]](/uploads/cache/27289-250x250.jpg)
[The Callo Palace.]
Aquatint depicting upper portion of print an Inca Palace near Cannar in the province of Quito in Peru. Bottom portion a plan of the palace (70 x 160).Engraved by Fumagall...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Camacan indians in Brazil ].](/uploads/cache/27312-250x250.jpg)
[Camacan indians in Brazil ].
Aquatint depicting the Camacan indians in the Amazonian forest.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement,...
- $70 / ≈ €66
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Yacanacus inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego ].](/uploads/cache/27304-250x250.jpg)
[Yacanacus inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego ].
Aquatint depicting Yacanacus natives of Tierra del Fuego.Engraved by Gallina.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la m...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Araucani chief and his entourage from Chile ].](/uploads/cache/27302-250x250.jpg)
[Araucani chief and his entourage from Chile ].
Aquatint depicting an Araucani chief and his entourage. They were known as the toughest indigenous people of South America. The Araucans are Amerindian tribes habiting th...
- $85 / ≈ €80
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Jesuitical Indians at work at their 'Reducciones' ]](/uploads/cache/27300-250x250.jpg)
[Jesuitical Indians at work at their 'Reducciones' ]
Aquatint depicting Jesuitical Indians in Paraguay. The Jesuit Missions or "Reducciones" functioned like small independent "republics" and lived in com...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ Chilean indians playing ciueca ].](/uploads/cache/27299-250x250.jpg)
[ Chilean indians playing ciueca ].
Aquatint depicting Chilean indians playing "ciueca", a native hockey-like game.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou...
- $75 / ≈ €70
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Diego de Almagro is killed.]](/uploads/cache/40354-250x250.jpg)
[Diego de Almagro is killed.]
Almagro returned to Cuzco, disillusioned and embittered from his long and fruitless journey south into Chile, where he had been searching for further wealth. This led to ...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[ Fortresss of Cannar in Quito Peru ].](/uploads/cache/27293-250x250.jpg)
[ Fortresss of Cannar in Quito Peru ].
Aquatint depicting the fortress of Cannar in Quito Peru inspired by a print from atlas by Alexander Von Humboldt.Engraved by E. F.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume A...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[ The circular fortress of Cannar, Peru. ]](/uploads/cache/27292-250x250.jpg)
[ The circular fortress of Cannar, Peru. ]
Aquatint depicting the circular fortress of Cannar, Peru.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
![[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].](/uploads/cache/41092-250x250.jpg)
[Spanish take over Cusco] / [Atahualpa is garrotted].
Two engravings. [486] After Atahualpa was killed, Pizarro set out with his troops to find the city of Cuzco, which he had heard was rich in gold. The journey from Cajamar...
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633
![[The Callo Palace ].](/uploads/cache/27288-250x250.jpg)
[The Callo Palace ].
Aquatint depicting Peruvian Inca Palace called Callo.Engraved by Fumagalli.From Giulio Ferrario's work Le Costume Ancien et Moderne ou Histoire du gouvernement, de la mil...
- $80 / ≈ €75
Place & Date: Milan, 1827
Carte du Bresil Prem.Partie...
Uncommon edition of this accurate map of the eastern part of Brazil.From Atlas Portatif pour servir a l'intelligence de l'Histoire Philosophique et Politique des etabliss...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, 1773
I. S. Clara.
Island "S. Clara" in Brazil just a few degrees north of the Tropic of Capricorn.From volume two of the French reissue of the account of early Dutch voyages. The...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Amsterdam, F. Bernard, 1725
Amérique Méridionale.
Map of South America.Lovely map from one of the last decorative atlases of the nineteenth century.The rather simple map is framed by horses, Indians, jaguars, tapirs, and...
- $90 / ≈ €84
Place & Date: Paris, A. Combette, 1852
S America by Mas T.J. Sackels.
Pen and ink on card board. Map of South America drawn by T.J.Shackels. Probably a school exercise.
- $120 / ≈ €112
Place & Date: England, ca. 1900
![[Columbus taken prisoner, and sent back to Spain.]](/uploads/cache/40358-250x250.jpg)
[Columbus taken prisoner, and sent back to Spain.]
This engraving depicts the arrest of Columbus and his brothers. Bobadilla (sent by Spain, at Columbus’ request, to settle a revolt) reached Santo Domingo August 23, 150...
- $100 / ≈ €94
Place & Date: Frankfurt, M.Merian, 1633