LSE4325951: Indian ticuna (Peru) attacking with a spear a tiger who just jumped into his canoe and injured his companion, the ticunas of the Nhamondas River are reputable for their warrior wives, so the first travelers and scholars to observe them called them Amazons. Engravure to illustrate the voyage from the Ocean Pacific to L'Ocean Atlantique, through South America, in 1848-1860 by Paul Marcoy, in “Le tour du monde, nouveau journal des voyages”, published under the direction of Edouard Charton, 1866, Paris. Selva Collection., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4135430: Marchand Mission in Africa (1896-1899): the expedition taking possession of the Upper Nile in 1898. Launch of the demontable steam “” le Faidherbe”” on the M'Bomou River (Congo). They are: Lieutenant Largeau, Jean Baptiste Marchand (1863-1934), Captain Germain, Captain Baratier and Lieutenant Mangin. Illustration in “” Le Pelerin”” of 13 February 1898., Unknown Artist, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images