The image shows the layout of one of the twelve reverberatory furnaces for quicksilver metallurgy that were built in the Calle de Santa Ana of the Real de minas de Azogue de Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in New Spain. These furnaces were made on the outside of brick and lime, to resist water, and on the inside of brick and clay, to preserve the fire. The picture explains how they worked.
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Print from the memoirs of Antoine de Jussieu. Aludel furnace and equipment for the distillation of mercury used in the Almadén mines.
Expulsion of the Moors in the port of Denia, a work by Vicente Mostré.
Image+J599 of playing cards manufactured at the Real Fábrica de Macharaviaya (Málaga)
The resource depicts a representation of the battle of Almansa fought in 1707 in the context of the War of the Spanish Succession. The painting dates from 1709 and was painted by Filippo Pallotta and Buonaventura Ligli. The work is in the Museo del Prado
The image is a painting by Joseph Alonso del Ribero, dated 1805, which depicts Charles III handing over land in the Sierra Morena to settlers who had recently arrived from different territories.
The image shows a view of the almadraba of Zahara de los Atunes (Cádiz) from land. In the past, tuna traps were an important part of the fishery and offered high economic returns to whoever was in charge of their exploitation. The catches could be kept salted and marketed far from their place of origin.
Set of engravings of 16th-century Spanish costumes by M. de Gaignières. It belongs to the Compilation of foreign costumes made by M. de Gaignières, imitating the costumes of France (Spain, 1572).
This resource shows a bullfight in the Plaza Mayor in Madrid, a popular festival that served to celebrate a variety of political, social, military and religious events during the Modern Age. It belongs to the Collection: Selected Optical Views of the 18th and 19th Centuries. Volume 5, Views of Great Britain and Spain
The image shows a view of the Royal Chancery of Granada around 1770. In the upper right-hand corner, part of the Alhambra can also be seen
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