Tar/Pitch Manufacture, Peru, 1780s
Drawing identified as Saca y beneficio de la Brea del Mineral de Amotape, shows blacks working with/processing tar/pitch. This and hundreds of other drawings were done by unidentified Native Americans during the 1780s and were commissioned by the Spanish Bishop Baltazar Jaime Martinez Companon during his pastoral visit to the region of Trujillo in northern Peru. The drawings, spread over nine volumes, are of Spaniards, Native Americans, plants and animals, as well plans and maps of the region. Only Vol. 2 contains a few pictures of blacks, the index to the volume giving very sparse information on each drawing. (See other images Trujillo on this website.)
Image Title
Tar/Pitch Manufacture, Peru, 1780s
RegID
SI-OB-215
Date
1780-1790
Title
Tar/Pitch Manufacture, Peru, 1780s
Source
Martinez Companon y Bujanda, Trujillo de Peru (Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, 1978-1994; facsimile reproduction of manuscripts in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid), vol. 2, plate E112
Language
Spanish
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Peru
Reproduced In
Martinez Companon y Bujanda, Trujillo de Peru (Madrid: Ediciones Cultura Hispanica, 1978-1994; facsimile reproduction of manuscripts in the Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid), vol. 2, plate E112
Researchers
Handler, Jerome; Tuite, Michael; Randall Ericson; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Last Updated
19-Feb-16
Identifier
Trujillo_E112