Guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru, before 1863: ships in guano trade

albumen print

PHOTOGRAPHS
Peru, Chincha Islands
Before 1863
paper
5-5/8 x 7-1/2 in.

Albumen print, in album 94.107.1, presented to Captain Charles W. Austin on November 1, 1862; scenes from guano trade, Chincha Islands, Peru; starboard views of unidentified ships off coast. See "The Great Guano Rush" by Jimmy M. Skaggs, NY, St. Martin's Press, 1994.

UNIDENTIFIED ship
1994.107.1.17