Sujet

A balsa, 1839. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

A balsa, 1839. (Eene Balza). A balsa is a boat or ship built by various pre-Columbian South American civilizations, constructed from woven reeds of the totora bulrush. Page 812 of "De Aardbol. Magazijn van hedendaagsche land- en volkenkunde ... Met platen en kaarten [Deel 4-9 by P. H. W.]" (The Globe. Warehouse of contemporary geography and ethnology ... With plates and maps [Part 4-9 by Pieter Harme Witkamp], 1839.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A33_404

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

53,2Mo (2,5Mo) / 42,0cm x 31,7cm / 4960 x 3749 (300dpi)

Mots clés

travel transport transportation Europe South America water people male library technology man men arts lake art book guy ship ships continent geography European reed reeds passengers passenger native South American paddle location century oar oars paddling paddles print travellers traveller literature titicaca B&W British Library Lake Titicaca engraved engraving buoyancy 19th century water transport black & white black and white B W Amerindian nineteenth century book illustration geographical feature illustration indigenous indigenous people Unknown Heritage Art 19th-century Monograph Pieter Harme Witkamp Witkamp Pieter Harme P. H. Witkamp P. H. Pieter Harmen Pieter Harmen Witkamp