Charles Middleton
Peru - Rope bridges/ Tarrabites, 1778
A hand-coloured original antique copper-engraving
12 x 7 in
30 x 18 cm
30 x 18 cm
SAMp1579
Peru, Tarrabites: Peruvian rope bridge, transport hammock, harness and cables. These feats of engineering were a common feature of the transportation network of the Incan Empire, known as the Great...
Peru, Tarrabites: Peruvian rope bridge, transport hammock, harness and cables. These feats of engineering were a common feature of the transportation network of the Incan Empire, known as the Great Inca Road, and allowed for the movement of goods and peoples across some 25,000 miles of challenging Andean geography.
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