Basaltgebirge von Tvun-Leuvu.

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Article ID AMS1544

Title

Basaltgebirge von Tvun-Leuvu.

Description

Splendid view of the basalt mountains of Tvun-Leuvu in South America, Peru. From Poeppig's journey in Chile, Peru and on the Amazon during the years 1827-1832 Vo. 1-2.Drawn from nature by E. Poeppig 1828, lithographer I. A. Sedlmayr from Munich, published by F. Fleicher, Leipzig.

Year

c. 1834

Artist

Poeppig (1798-1868)

Eduard Friedrich Poeppig (1798-1868) was a German zoologist and explorer. Between 1826 and 1832 he travelled through Chile, Peru and Brazil, making observations and producing a series of drawings and watercolours of the areas he visited. He described over 4,000 plant species, examined the ruins of the Incas and travelled the entire length of the Amazon. After his return to Germany in 1832, he wrote about his travels: "Journey in Chile, Peru and on the Amazon River during the years...". A collection of sixteen lithographs after his drawings and watercolours.

Historical Description

In April 1532 Francisco Pizarro landed on the Peruvian coast. In November 1533 Pizarro reached the capital Cusco, which was handed over to him without any significant resistance. He appointed the younger brother Huáscars, Manco Cápac II as an Inca, who in 1536 dared a barely failed uprising. Pizarro had thus conquered the Inca Empire for the Spanish crown, and King Charles I, also known as the German-Roman Emperor Charles V, could say of himself: "The sun never sets in my empire." Pizarro founded today's capital in January 1535 Lima. The Spanish founded the Viceroyalty of Peru in 1542 with Lima as the capital, which, with the exception of Venezuela, included all Spanish possessions in South America. In 1572 the Spaniards took Vilcabamba, the last refuge of the Incas. Lima was developed by the Spaniards into a magnificent city and called the city of kings. While independence movements developed in most countries in South America from 1809, the situation in Peru remained relatively stable. The Bolivian dictator Andrés Santa Cruz invaded Lima in the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation War in 1836 and united the two countries into the Peruvian-Bolivian Confederation.

Place of Publication Leipzig
Dimensions (cm)30,5 x 43 cm
ConditionStains outer margins
Coloringoriginal colored
TechniqueLithography

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