City of Iquique (Peruvian territory until 1878, when it was annexed to Chile after Peru’s defeat in the Pacific War). Burning and destruction of twenty-four blocks of houses from Iquique, the October 27 of 1875. Engraving. La Ilustracion Española y Americana, 1876. Later colouration.

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