Picture No | 10082102 |
Date | 1536 |
Description | 16THC BUENOS AIRES |
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Famine in Buenos Aires: three Spaniards who killed a horse for food are hanged; settlers steal body parts to eat while others risk punishment by killing more horses.
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Source | Engraving based on travel account by Ulrich Schmiedel, 1599, reproduced in an unknown 19thC German publication |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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