Central America Collection (page 12)

Map of North America. Hand-coloured later

Producing indigo dye with slave labour: West Indies or Central America, 1725. Indigo tinctoria is cut, tied in bundles, steeped in water and fermented in the centre tank

Pottery vessel of Ancient breed of Mexican dog, Colima Culture, Mexico, 300-900. The Thecichi is a hairless and barkless dog fattened for eating and regarded as a delicacy today it is almost extinct

French Map of Central and South America, French, 1550. Map showing Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean islands and Antilles, and South America with the River Plate prominent

Olmec carved jade head, Pre-Columbian, Central America, 1150-800 BC. A carved head, possibly representing a dragon

Olmec carved head from La Venta, Pre-Columbian, Central America, 1150-800 BC

Aztec stonecarving of Jaguar, from Valley of Mexico, 1400-1521. In Mayan mythology, the jaguar was seen as the ruler of the Underworld, and as such, a symbol of the night sun and darkness

Pottery Vessel supported by Alligator Figure, Nicoya Peninsula, Chorotega, Costa Rica. The Nicoya Peninsula is named for a Chorotega chief who ruled the most powerful American Indian tribe of

Pottery Figure of standing woman, face painted with fret pattern, Guanajuato, Mexico, 2000BC-300. Chupicuaro: Pre-Clasic Period. Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh

Excavating the Panama Canal, 1888
Excavating with steam-powered earth excavators and earth transporters at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal. Wood engraving, 1888

Scene from the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal, 1888. Wood engraving showing West Indian labourers purchasing refreshment

Paying West Indian labourers, 1888
Paying West Indian labourers on their arrival at Tabemilla during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal, wood engraving 1888

Digging the Panama Canal, 1888. Cutting a channel to divert the river Chagres during the de Lesseps attempt to dig the Panama Canal

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the Evening of May 24, 1883

Church of Guadaloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico, c1897. Creator: Unknown
Church of Guadaloupe, Chihuahua, Mexico, c1897. San Francisco Temple, dating from 1717, one of the first churches built in Chihuahua City

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