Photo, Print, Drawing Botanical Garden: Avenue of Imperial Palms. Jardim Botanico: Alameda das Palmeiras Imperiais
About this Item
Title
- Botanical Garden: Avenue of Imperial Palms.
Other Title
- Jardim Botanico: Alameda das Palmeiras Imperiais
Summary
- The Thereza Christina Maria collection is composed of 21,742 photos assembled by Emperor Pedro II (1825-91) throughout his life and donated by him to the National Library of Brazil. The collection covers a wide variety of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and Brazilians in the 19th century and also includes many photographs of Europe, Africa, and North America. The Botanical Garden of Rio de Janeiro was founded in 1808 by King John VI of Portugal and opened to the public in 1822. It remains one of the world's greatest tropical gardens, boasting a collection of more than 7,000 species of tropical plants. One of the garden's most striking features is the avenue of royal palms, shown here as photographed by Rafael Castro y Ordonez as part of the Scientific Commission of the Pacific.
Names
- Castro y Ordóñez, Rafael, 1834-1865 Photographer.
Created / Published
- Rio de Janeiro : [publisher not identified], 1862.
Headings
- - Brazil--Rio de Janeiro--Rio de Janeiro
- - 1862
- - Botanical gardens
- - Memory of the World
- - Palms
Notes
- - Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
- - Original resource extent: 1 photo : albumen paper, black and white ; 24.7 x 18.1 centimeters.
- - Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
- - Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.
Medium
- 1 online resource.
Source Collection
- Thereza Christina Maria Collection
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2021669500
Online Format
- compressed data
- image