Commons:British Library/Mechanical Curator collection/Synoptic index/South America
Overview
[edit]These pages contain a subject and place index (still under construction!) to the books scanned to create the British Library's Mechanical Curator collection of images.
Each entry in the index points to the images on Flickr which match the tag for the book. Additionally, when there are images from a book that have been copied over to Commons, this is shown with a green clickable (Book cat) link, which links to the relevant Commons category for the book.
A full list of the titles of the books that were scanned for the collection is also available, at
and succeeding pages, which may help browsing what is available.
The index is not (yet) complete. As of January 22, 2014 the titles in the detailed part of the index below accounted for about 40% of the images in the whole collection. A further 35% of images can be found through a more loosely organised set of "to do" pages constructed based on the books' class-marks, while a further 20% of images occur in books which are classed below as fiction, plays, verse or works. The focus of the indexing so far has been mostly geographical, with little development as yet of thematic classification.
The Commons main project page for the collection gives some further hints on searching; on how to upload the images to Commons, and on how to tag images on Flickr. If you do upload images to Commons, please create a Commons category for the book they were taken from, like those in Category:Books with images from the British Library Mechanical Curator collection, and include the images in it. The template {{HasBookCat}} can then be used to create a link to the category (on a green background) from the book's entry in this list.
Georeferencing campaign: For any titles below that have a to georef template, please click on that templated link to find the thumbnails and then the pages on Flickr for the relevant map and plan images, and follow the links in their image description sections to the BL/Klokan Georeferencer to place the images on a present-day map of the world. This in turn should allow the map images' ready upload to Wikimedia Commons with reasonably accurate automatic categorisation. See also: BL information page and overall progress page.
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South America
[edit]- (Book cat) Reize naar de Oost- en Westkust van Zuid-Amerika en van daar naar de Sandwichs- en Philippijnsche Eilanden, China enz. gedaan, in de jaren 1826, 1827, 1828, en 1829. With plates. (1835; 22 images, 18 plates; 5 maps )
- Memorias sobre el estado rural del Rio de la Plata en 1801; demarcacion de límites entre el Brasil y el Paraguay á últimos del siglo XVIII, é informes sobre varios particulares de la America meridional española. Escritos postumos de Don Felix de Azara ... los publica ... Don Agustin de Azara ... bajo la direccion de Don B. S. Castellanos de Losada ... autor de las notas ... a estos escritos, etc. With a portrait of F. de Azara. (1847; 18 images; no maps)
- Four Years in a Government Exploring Expedition; to the Island of Madeira-Cape Verd Islands-Brazil-Coast of Patagonia-Chili-Peru, etc (1852; 28 images, 11 plates; no maps)
- Brazil, the River Plate, and the Falkland Islands; with the Cape Horn Route to Australia. Including notices of Lisbon, Madeira, the Canaries, and Cape Verde ... illustrated ... from the ... sketches of Sir W. G. Ouseley ... and Sir C. Hotham, etc (1854; 51 images, 24 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- La Plata, the Argentine Confederation, and Paraguay. Being a narrative of the exploration of the tributaries of the river La Plata and adjacent countries during the years 1853, '54, '55, and '56. ... With map and ... engravings (1859; 45 images, 23 plates; 1 map )
- Viage pintoresco por los rios Paraná, Paraguay, Sⁿ Lorenzo, Cuyabá y el Arino tributario del grande Amazonas. Con la descripcion de la provincia de Mato Grosso, etc (1863; 35 images, 13 plates; 1 map )
- Rough Notes of a Journey through the Wilderness, from Trinidad to Pará, Brazil, by way of the great cataracts of the Orinoco, Atabapo, and Rio Negro. ... With illustrations, etc. Report on the industrial classes in the Provinces of Pará and Amazonas, Brazil, by J. de V. Drummond Hay. (1872; 16 images, 16 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat (100%)) Recuerdos del Regreso de Europa á Bolivia y retiro á Jacna del General N. Campero en el año 1865. With plates. (1874; 25 images, 21 plates; no maps)
- A Journey across South America, from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Translated from the French by E. Rich. Illustrated with engravings ... drawn by E. Riou, and.. maps, printed in colours, etc. (1875; 540 images, 365 plates;9 maps to georef )
- (Book cat (100%)) The English in South America (1878; 23 images, 16 plates; no maps)
- Up the Amazon and Madeira Rivers, through Bolivia and Peru (1879; 27 images, 4 plates; no maps)
- Krigen paa det stille Oceans Kyst ... Chile mod de forenede Magter Peru og Bolivia. En historisk Fremstilling, etc (1884; 22 images, 8 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- From Peru to the Plate, overland. With sketch map (1889; 26 images, 1 plate; 1 map )
- Des Andes au Para. Équateur, Pérou, Amazone ... Dessins de G. Profit (1890; 80 images, 32 plates; 6 maps to georef )
- Around and about South America ... With maps ... Second edition (1890; 60 images, 58 plates; 6 maps to georef )
- Wanderings in South America ... With an introduction by Norman Moore. (1891; 17 images, 15 plates; no maps)
- Adventures amidst the Equatorial Forests and Rivers of South America; also in the West Indies and the wilds of Florida. To which is added “Jamaica Revisited.” ... With many illustrations and maps (1891; 23 images, 23 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- China to Peru, over the Andes: A journey through South America ... With Reports and Letters on British Interests ... by Col. Howard Vincent, etc (1894; 17 images, 16 plates; 1 map)
- Over the Andes from the Argentine to Chili and Peru ... With illustrations (1896; 24 images, 13 plates; no maps)
- Del Amazonas al Plata. Las Guayanas, el Brasil, el Uruguay y el Paraguay, su historia, geografía, etc (1897; 45 images, 3 plates; no maps)
- La América Colombiana. Ecuador-Colombia-Venezuela (1898; 30 images, 5 plates; no maps)
- From the Alps to the Andes: being the autobiography of a mountain guide. (From the Italian by Miss M. A. Vialls.) ... Illustrated (1899; 56 images, 25 plates; no maps)
- Suplemento à la Historia Universal antigua y moderna, por el Conde de Ségur ... Contiene las historias de México, Guatemala, Estados-Unidos del Norte, Perù y otras naciones del continente Americano ... Obra publicada por M. Galvan Rivera (1852; 29 images, 6 plates; no maps)
Argentina
[edit]- Noticias historicas de la Republica Argentina. Obra postuma ... Dedicada al Sr. ... V. Alsina ... por el hijo del autor ... Julio Nuñez (1857; 26 images; no maps)
- Descripción amena de la Républica Argentina (1881; 79 images, 41 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- The Land we Live in. History of the Argentine Republic from the landing of Solis until the present day ... Illustrated (1891; 16 images, 11 plates; no maps)
- Historia de la Confederación Argentina. Rozas y su época ... Segunda edición, corregida y considerablemente aumentada, etc. With portraits. (1892; 60 images, 40 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- La República Argentina, su historia, geografia, etc (1897; 34 images, 7 plates; no maps)
- Los Querandiés. Breve contribución al estudio de la etnografia argentina, etc (1897; 33 images; no maps)
- L'Argentina. Ricordi e letture (1898; 24 images; no maps)
- Vita Italiana nell'Argentina. Impressioni e note (1899; 60 images, 4 plates; no maps)
- Anales de la Ciudad del Rosario de Santa Fé, con datos generales sobre historia argentina 1527-1865 (1897; 25 images, 19 plates; 2 maps)
Buenos Aires
[edit]- Estudio topográfico é historia demografica de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. With a map. (1889; 25 images, 24 plates; 15 maps to georef )
Bolivia
[edit]- Bolivia. Sept années d'explorations, de voyages et de séjours dans l'Amérique Australe ... Préface de M. Ferdinand de Lesseps. Ouvrage illustré ... par Henri Lanos (1886; 115 images, 77 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- (Book cat (100%)) La Vida en los bosques sud-americanos. Viaje al oriente de Bolivia. With illustrations. (1891; 35 images, 16 plates; no maps)
- Chile y Bolivia, su geografía, su historia, etc (1898; 41 images, 5 plates; no maps)
Brazil
[edit]- Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829 (1830; 26 images, 19 plates; 3 maps )
- Life in Brazil; or a journal of a visit to the land of the cocoa and the palm. With an appendix containing illustrations of ancient South American arts in recently discovered implements and products of domestic industry ... With over one hundred illustrations (1856; 104 images, 6 plates; no maps)
- Thayer Expedition. Scientific results of a journey in Brazil. By L. Agassiz and his travelling companions. Geology and physical geography of Brazil ... With illustrations and Maps (1870; 98 images, 11 plates; 12 maps to georef )
- Brazil and the Brazilians ... in historical and descriptive sketches ... Engravings. (1879; 146 images, 23 plates;4 maps )
- Chorographia do Brasil ... Quinta edição illustrada com 23 cartas, etc (1895; 23 images, 22 plates; 22 maps to georef )
Chile
[edit]- Travels in Chile and La Plata, etc (1826; 17 images, 12 plates; 5 maps to georef )
- Historia jeneral de la Républica de Chile desde su independencia hasta nuestros dias, por los Señores Don J. V. Lastarria, Don M. A. Tocornal ... etc. Edicion .. considerablemente aumentada por sus autores, publicada con notas ilustrativas - (por B. V. M.), etc (1866; 25 images, 4 plates; )
- Chile ilustrado. Guia descriptivo del territorio de Chile, etc (1872; 203 images, 49 plates; no maps)
- El album de la gloria de Chile. Homenaje al ejército i armada de Chile en la memoria de sus más ilustres marinos i soldados muertos por la patria en la guerra del Pacífico, 1879-1883 ... Illustrado, etc (1883; 158 images, 53 plates; No maps)
- A Visit to Chile and the nitrate fields of Tarapacá ... With illustrations by Mr. M. Prior (1890; 46 images, 31 plates; 2 maps )
- Dark Days in Chile. An account of the Revolution of 1891. With ... illustrations (1891; 16 images, 14 plates; no maps)
Compendio historial del descubrimiento i conquista del reino de Chile. Seguido de dos discursos: Avisos prudenciales de gobierno i guerra. De la Astrolojia judiciaria. In verse. A reprint of the edition of 1630. Edited by L. Montt. With a life of the author by D. Barros Arana. (1897; 16 images; no maps)Decorative fillers only
Colombia
[edit]- Geografia general y compendio historico del estado de Antioquia en Colombia (1885; 49 images, 30 plates; 1 map to georef )
- Travels and Adventures of an Orchid Hunter ... in Colombia ... Illustrated, etc (1891; 77 images, 24 plates; no maps)
Ecuador
[edit]- Nach Ecuador. Reisebilder ... Zweite, vermehrte Auflage. Mit ... Holzschnitten, etc (1881; 165 images, 83 plates; 6 maps to georef ); 1885 edition (1885; 160 images, 110 plates; 7 maps to georef )
- Geografía y geología del Ecuador ... Con ... ilustraciones, etc (1892; 63 images, 32 plates; 5 maps to georef )
Guyana
[edit]- Handbook of British Guiana, by J. Rodway, etc. Illustrated. (1893; 31 images, 27 plates; 2 maps to georef )
- Twenty-five Years in British Guiana ... With map and illustrations (1898; 20 images, 11 plates; no maps)
- British Guiana; or, Work and wanderings among the Creoles and Coolies, the Africans and Indians of the wild country ... Illustrated (1898; 24 images, 23 plates; no maps)
Paraguay
[edit]- La République du Paraguay (1862; 21 images, 20 plates; 6 maps to georef
- Paraguay. Capítulos entresacados de la Nueva Geografía Universal ... Prólogo, traducción y notas por R. de Olascoaga, etc (1896; 18 images, 5 plates; No Maps)
- (Book cat (100%)) Dr. Bernhard Förster's Kolonie Neu-Germania in Paraguay (1891; 6 images, 6 plates; 3 maps to georef )
Peru
[edit]- Travels in various parts of Peru, including a year's residence in Potosi (1830; 28 images, 8 plates; 1 map )
- Historia de la conquista del Peru ... Tercera edición, etc (1853; 47 images, 24 plates; no maps)
- Geografía del Perú, obra póstuma D. D. M. P. S., corregida y aumentada por ... M. F. Paz Soldan. (Compendio de geografía matemática, física y política.) L.P (1862; 44 images, 11 plates; No maps)
- Exposicion de algunos documentos particulares y oficiales del ingeniero J. Gmº Nystrom, con relacion al Gobierno del Peru, concernientes à la Factoría de Bellavista, y ciertas obras públicas en el interior de la República (1870; 16 images, 7 plates; 7 maps to georef )
- Two Years in Peru, with exploration of its antiquities ... With map by D. Barrera; and ... illustrations (1873; 116 images, 38 plates; 4 maps to georef )
- Peru: incidents of travel and exploration in the Land of the Incas. ... With illustrations (1877; 260 images, 25 plates; 45 maps to georef )
- The Land of the Incas and the City of the Sun; or the story of Francisco Pizarro and the conquest of Peru (1885; 22 images, 7 plates; no maps)
Lima
[edit]- Lima. Esquisses historiques, statistiques, administratives, commerciales et morales (1866; 207 images, 59 plates; no maps)
- Lima; or sketches of the capital of Peru, historical, statistical, administrative, commercial and moral (1866; 173 images, 50 plates; no maps)
- La Linea de Chorrillos. Descripcion de los tres principales balnearios marítimos que rodean á Lima, etc (1894; 46 images, 8 plates; 1 map)
Suriname
[edit]- (Book cat (100%)) Kolonisatie van Europeanen te Suriname. Opheffing van het pauperisme, ontwikkeling van handel en industrie, met ongeveer 90 platen (1872; 49 images, 49 plates; no maps)
- (Book cat (100%)) Dutch Guiana. ... With plan and map (1876; 2 images; 2 maps , 2 plates)
Uruguay
[edit]- (Book cat (100%)) Album de la República O. del Uruguay compuesto para la Exposicion Continental de Buenos Aires bajo la direction de los señores F. A. Berra, A. de Vedia, y C. M. de Pena. With maps. (1882; 22 images, 22 plates; 20 maps to georef )
- (Book cat (100%)) Montevideo e la repubblica dell'Uruguay. Descrizione e statistica, etc (1885; 16 images, 16 plates; 2 maps )
- The Republic of Uruguay. The country in the Paris Exhibition. General description and statistical data. 1888-89. Issued by authority of the Consulate General, London, etc. With maps and illustrations. (1889; 50 images, 45 plates; 3 maps )
Venezuela
[edit]- Venezuela pintoresca, ó vistas de las principales ciudades ... de la república de Venezuela. tom. 1. pt. 1-2 (1853; 31 images, 12 plates; 1 map
- Manual de historia de Venezuela para el uso de las escuelas, etc. With an introduction by R. Seijas. (1895; 74 images, 35 plates; 5 maps to georef
Il Venezuela (1897; 24 images;Decorative fillers only
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