American Voyage to Buenos Aires, 1817-8 - gauchos, torros and Indians

 Salvete Omnes,

Gauchos, Malaspina expedition, Renet pinxit

a quick lope to Buenos Aires - H.M. Breckenridge was sent to Buenos Aires in 1817 (via the Portuguese colony of Brasil) - his observations were published in London, in 1820. 

Author made many quick observations  while visiting the capital, Buenos Aires - 

the pampas nomadic Indians:

the people of Buenos Aires

the 'estancias - large  ranchos- 

ox wagons and horse-mounted sellers of fruit and milk

the bull fights

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gauchos and horses/criollos 

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El dia del Gaucho & Emeric Essex Vidal's gauchos, circa 1818AD

 Salvete Omnes,

a gaucho hunting, interesting war bridle on the horse - noleadoras in action

today in Argentina they celebrate the day of gaucho - El Dial del Gaucho.
Vivat gauchos and the gaucho tradition -

 and enjoy some watercolors painted by a British officer Emeric Essex Vidal(1791-1861) in Argentina's coast and Uruguay during 1816-1818.

The watercolors were published in a book form in London  in 1820. You can peruse them via Hathi Trust site or Archive world library. 

gaucho - wikipedia entry in English.

the gaucho and this holiday have their  epic literature, the most famous is the epic titled ''Martin Fierro'' by Jose Hernandez. 

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