Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: ships and buildings

albumen print

Albumen print, in album 1994.107.1, presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; scenes from guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru; starboard views of four unidentified ships, at right are wooden buildings, possibly homes of miners. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.