http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=history&collection=TheLusoHispanicNewWo&col_id=208
“Hundreds of photographs and prints, in albums and rare published volumes, present the territories and countries associated with Portugal and Spain in the New World, from Mexico to Argentina, and parts of the Caribbean. “
This is a sampling to the New York Public Library’s pictorial Latin American holdings. It contains photographs, prints and illustrations.
Selection Decisions:
This collection focuses on the Spanish and Portuguese expeditions of discovery and the landscape, natural history and culture of Latin America. The choice of what to digitize are apparently the books with the most impressive illustrations in the NYPL. The Collection is meant to grow as time goes on to provide a richer source of visual information.
Metadata:
Includes the title, author and date of publication for the book the illustrations are taken from. The data for the image itself includes Creator:, Image Caption:, In: (what book), Library Division:, Description:, Item/Page/Plate Number:, Medium:, Subject(s):, Additional Name(s):, Collection Guide:, Digital Image ID:, Digital Record ID:, Digital Record Published: (date), NYPL Call Number:, and a link to the Library Catalog Record. There is also a Thumbnail of course.
Object Characteristics:
The JPGs available on the web are around 650 x 700 give or take a hundred depending on the shape. File names are linked to toe digital ID number. The size is a bit small for analysis, especially reading text, however high quality TIFFs or large prints may be purchased. No information on how the originals were scanned.
Intended Audience:
Audience looks to be the general public, anyone interested in this type of historical illustration or subject. Anybody looking to decorate a room with these types of images could purchase all they wanted from the NYPL.
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