Natives collecting turtle eggs on the banks of the Orinoko river. Handcoloured lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsche's "Vollstaendige Völkergallerie in getreuen Abbildungen" (Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures), Meissen, circa 1835-1840. Goedsche (1785-1863) was a German writer, bookseller and publisher in Meissen. Many of the illustrations were adapted from Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" and others. Illustration copied from Theodor de Bry's "America," 1591.

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Size: 6071px × 4680px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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