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Diamonds in Minas Gerais
Johann Baptist von Spix1823
CRIA - Centro de Referência em Informação Ambiental
Campinas, Brazil
This lithograph from the 1823 album by German naturalists Spix and Martius is the one that best depicts the washing of diamonds in Minas Gerais, carried out by slaves
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- Title: Diamonds in Minas Gerais
- Creator: Johann Baptist von Spix, Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
- Date Created: 1823
- Provenance: Original files of the digitization of Spix' travel atlas (1823-1831 journey in Brazil made and described on the orders of His Majesty Maximilian Joseph I, King of Bavaria in the years 1817-1820 - atlas)
- Original Source: Wikimedia Commons
- Rights: Public domain
- Medium: lithograph
- Licensing: This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.
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