Negroes Impelling a Canoe with the Vara & Scenery at Ponta Decho
This image shows two black men poling a canoe, while a white family and its black nursemaid enjoy the scenery along a river in Pernambuco, Brazil. James Henderson (c. 1783-1848) was a British traveler who traveled all through Brazil between 1819 and 1820. He made all of his sketches from his observations.
Image Title
Negroes Impelling a Canoe with the Vara & Scenery at Ponta Decho
RegID
SI-OB-241
Date
1821
Title
Negroes Impelling a Canoe with the Vara & Scenery at Ponta Decho
Source
James Henderson, A History of the Brazil. . . (London, 1821), facing p. 389. Copy in The Newberry Library, Chicago.
Language
English
Item sets
Miscellaneous Occupations & Economic Activities
Spatial Coverage
South America--Brazil--Pernambuco
Reproduced In
James Henderson, A History of the Brazil. . . (London, 1821), facing p. 389.
Researchers
Jerome Handler; Michael Tuite; Henry B. Lovejoy Graduate Research Assistants: Tiffany Beebe; Travis May
Identifier
HENDERSON3