Archive Reference (shelfmark): 1783.cc.20 / Subject: Settlements / Level: [40] File - British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue Search Results

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(4)
Title:: Tonantins (rive gauche). 3me. Station des bateaux à vapeur, située sur le lac du même nom, contenant 15 maisons et 60 habitants, avec le vapeur de la ligne Icamiaba et le bateau du photographe, qui a fait 400 lieues de route sur l'Amazonas et ses confluents en 5 mois de temps, lui et 2 hommes. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography View looking along the riverbank towards the houses of the village, with the paddle steamer 'Icamiaba' moored in the background. The photographer's own covered canoe, mentioned in the caption and also seen in print 50, is moored against the bank in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(20)
Title:: Malocca (rive gauche) ou habitation des Indiens sauvages, Caixanás, à 10 lieus de Tonantins. Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Ethnographical Photography View of an Caixanas Indian village near Tonantins, with a family group seated in front of the large circular thatched malocca (communal house) in the foreground.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: 1783.cc.20(49)
Title:: Palmier. Pupunhas avec épines (Guilielma speciosa, Mart.). Photographer: Frisch, Albert
Scope & Content:: Genre: Landscape Photography Study of a group of peach palms, also known as pupunhas (from the fruit), next to the huts of a village. The accepted modern species name is Bactris gasipaes.
Collection Area:: Printed Collections
Languages:: Not applicable
Date Range:: c 1865
Extent:: 1 item

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