engraving antique of the 1867 World Tour
engraving on wood published in 1867 in a work relating travel stories around the world. With text printed on the reverse. It is titled Street and inhabitants of Quito. Drawing by fuchs . It is composed of a view of a street in Quito, capital of Ecuador, with many inhabitants, with a probable city gate in the background.
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Dimensions: 21 x 30 cm
engraving of common use having been manipulated. With text printed on the reverse. Guaranteed authenticity. Possibly with the usual small defects for this type of print, such as small stains, foxing, dirt, small folds or small tears, particularly on the periphery of the paper.
Quito (officially San Francisco de Quito) is the capital and most populous city of Ecuador and the province of Pichincha. Greater Quito Metropolitan District had approximately 3.1 million residents in 2018 and continues to grow rapidly. The city extends from north to south over 50 km in length, at an altitude of 2,800 m, on the slopes of the Guagua Pichincha volcano. Its name comes from the Quitus tribes who preceded the Caras. The word Quito also means in archaic languages, “the center of the world”. It is said to have been founded by Spanish colonists on December 6, 1534, but in reality the Incas had established themselves there some 50 years earlier, in an area that had already been inhabited for almost 2,500 years. In 1822, General Antonio José de Sucre proclaimed the independence of Ecuador. Quito then became the main economic center of the country until the beginning of the 20th century, when it was supplanted by Guayaquil.
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