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Chincha Islands Collection

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, 1864. Creator: Unknown

Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, 1864. Creator: Unknown
Chinese quarter of the Chincha Islands, [Peru], 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Oswald Younghusband of the quarter inhabited by Chinese labourers employed in the guano trade

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: General view of the Chincha Islands, lately seized by the Spaniards, 1864. Creator: Unknown

General view of the Chincha Islands, lately seized by the Spaniards, 1864. Creator: Unknown
General view of the Chincha Islands, lately seized by the Spaniards, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Oswald Younghusband

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Sergeant Gomez and his Slave; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Sergeant Gomez and his Slave; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Sergeant Gomez and his Slave; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Workings and Guano deposit on the middle Island; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Workings and Guano deposit on the middle Island; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Workings and Guano deposit on the middle Island; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Discharging Guano-Wagons; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Discharging Guano-Wagons; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Discharging Guano-Wagons; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Emigrants from Bolivia; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Emigrants from Bolivia; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Emigrants from Bolivia; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: The workmens wives; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

The workmens wives; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
The workmens wives; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Indian workmen; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Indian workmen; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Indian workmen; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Workings and Guano deposit on the Chincha Islands; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown

Workings and Guano deposit on the Chincha Islands; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. Creator: Unknown
Workings and Guano deposit on the Chincha Islands; About the Chincha Islands, 1875. From Illustrated Travels by H.W. Bates. [Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, c1880, London] and Galpin

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: The Northernmost Chincha (Guano) Island, 1850. Creator: Unknown

The Northernmost Chincha (Guano) Island, 1850. Creator: Unknown
The Northernmost Chincha (Guano) Island, [Peru], 1850. Sketch by "a Traveller in Central America". In 1840 attention was first drawn to guano for the purposes of agriculture in Europe

Background imageChincha Islands Collection: Infernal Rock, Chincha Islands, ca. 1870. Creator: Unknown

Infernal Rock, Chincha Islands, ca. 1870. Creator: Unknown
Infernal Rock, Chincha Islands, ca. 1870


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