South America is a continent in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It may also be considered a subcontinent of the Americas.
South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. It includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, and a part of France : French Guiana.
New Zealand-based photographer peteshep took these fascinating color photos that show everyday life of South America when he traveled there in 1967.
South America in 1967 |
South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest. It includes twelve sovereign states: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, and a part of France : French Guiana.
New Zealand-based photographer peteshep took these fascinating color photos that show everyday life of South America when he traveled there in 1967.
Argentina. Bank of London and South America, Buenos Aires |
Argentina. Then-new Bank of London and South America (Lloyds), Bartolome Mitre 399/Calle Reconquista 101, Buenos Aires |
Bolivia. At the top high-altitude rim of the basin of La Paz |
Bolivia. High-altitude Bolivian altiplano between Guaqui/Tiahuanaco and La Paz |
Bolivia. The fish market in central La Paz |
Brazil. Copan building and Sao Paulo city |
Brazil. São Paulo |
Chile. Santiago de Chile |
Chile. United Nations building in Santiago |
Chile. Viña del Mar coastal resort, a popular beach town 9km from Valparaiso |
Ecuador. Colorados Indians heading to market at Santo Domingo |
Ecuador. Earth brick and tile kilns on the slopes of Pichincha, Quito |
Ecuador. Farm-life bus-stop, Latacunga, 9,000ft altitude, near Mt Cotopaxi |
Ecuador. Floating monopitch kiln roofs at tile-works on slopes below Mt Pichincha, Quito |
Ecuador. From market, Latacunga, near Mt Cotopaxi |
Ecuador. In Latacunga for weekly market |
Ecuador. Latacunga |
Ecuador. Latacunga |
Ecuador. Market day, near Mt Cotopaxi |
Ecuador. Modern housing at the base of Pambachupa, Quito |
Ecuador. Otavalo street sales in Quito |
Ecuador. Quito Campañia Church |
Ecuador. Quito, below Mt Pichincha |
Ecuador. Side street, Quito |
Ecuador. To market in Latacunga, near Cotopaxi |
Ecuador. Tsáchila Colorados Indians at Santo Domingo weekly market |
Ecuador. Weekly market-day, Latacunga |
Peru. Archbishop's Palace, Plaza de Armas (founded Pizarro 16thC), central Lima |
Peru. Arequipa street |
Peru. Between Cusco and Machu Picchu |
Peru. By the bull ring, Arequipa |
Peru. Church terrace overlooking Plaza de Armas, Cusco |
Peru. Cusco housing |
Peru. Cusco Plaza de Armas |
Peru. Cusco style hats |
Peru. Cusco |
Peru. La Oroya, high-mountain mining/smelting town |
Peru. Lima Government Palace |
Peru. Llamas (pron yamas) at Macchu Picchu |
Peru. Looking down to a corner of the Plaza de Armas, Cusco |
Peru. Machu Picchu and terracing |
Peru. Sloped Plaza de Armas, Arequipa |
Peru. Tomatoes at the market, Huancayo |
Peru. Torre Tagle Palace (built 1735), central Lima |
Uruguay. Central square, Plaza Independencia, Montevideo |
Uruguay. Montevideo city |
"South America is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east by the Atlantic Ocean; North America and the Caribbean Sea lie to the northwest."
ReplyDeleteReally?? I never knew that!
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Come on, vintag...we are not idiots. Why do you treat us as if we were?
Nice collection--interesting.
ReplyDeleteHey Vern, you'd be surprised how many younger people living in the United States would not even know the Altantic from the Pacific.