Title: Plants with Parasites

Description

• The Thereza Christina Maria Collection consists of 21,742 photographs assembled by Emperor Pedro II and left by him to the National Library of Brazil. The collection covers a vast range of subjects. It documents the achievements of Brazil and the Brazilian people in the 19th century, as well as includes many photographs from Europe, Africa, and North America. Biology and botany are well represented in the collection, reflecting the emperor’s personal interest in both science and the rich variety of plant life in Brazil, where some 50,000 species of plants are found in the Amazon rain forest alone, more than in any other region in the world.

Place

• Latin America and the Caribbean > Brazil

Time

• 1800 CE - 1849 CE
• 1850 CE - 1899 CE

Topic

• Science > Plants (Botany)

Additional Subjects

• Memory of the World

Type of Item

• Prints, Photographs

Physical Description

• 21.7 x 15.5 centimeters

Collection

• Thereza Christina Maria Collection

Institution

• National Library of Brazil