von Humboldt (Alexander), 1813

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Summary

Title:
Alexander von Humboldt colored lithographs
Dates:
1813
Creators:
University of Southern California. Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies and Humboldt, Alexander von, 1769-1859
Abstract:
Collection consists of four color lithographs from von Humboldt's 1813 book Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique.
Containers:
Oversize-folder: 1
Extent:
0.02 Linear Feet 1 oversize folder
Language:
French .
Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Alexander von Humboldt colored lithographs, Collection no. 0574, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Background

Scope and content:

Collection consists of four color lithographs from von Humboldt's 1813 book Vues des Cordillères, et monumens des peuples indigènes de l'Amérique. The lithographs depict indigenous peoples of Michoacan in their traditional dress, the Penipé Cordage Bridge, and a river raft near Guayaquil, Ecuador.

Biographical / historical:

Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was a German scientific explorer and ethnographer who in 1799-1804 took a research trip through the Spanish colonies in the New World and encountered various peoples, cultures and social groups: missionary Native peoples in the Venezuelan rainforest, enslaved Africans on Cuba's sugar plantations, and a mixed race upper class in the capital of Mexico.

Acquisition information:
Purchased for the Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Sarah Jardini for History Associates Incorporated
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2023-07-27 17:18:35 -0700 .

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Preferred citation:

[Box/folder no. or item name], Alexander von Humboldt colored lithographs, Collection no. 0574, Boeckmann Center for Iberian and Latin American Studies, Special Collections, USC Libraries, University of Southern California

Location of this collection:
Special Collections
Doheny Memorial Library, Room 209
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189, US
Contact:
(213) 740-5900
specol@usc.edu
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