Animals, LLama, Lama, exploration of Andes

"Transport von Kupfererzen durch Lamas auf den Cordolleren" Sic.

Wood engraving by Heinrich Leutemann (1824-1905)

After the sketch by E.Mossbach

Published in a German periodical
On the reverse side is text about early exploration in the Andes.

Leipzig, ca. 1890

Original antique print 

Generally age-toned. Some repairs of tears in margins - not reaching image.

18,4 x 26,2 cm (ca. 7.2 x 10.3")

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Camelidae
Genus: Lama
Species: L. glama

The llama (Lama glama) domesticated South American camelid pack animal Andean cultures
herd wool lanolin-free.
The ancestors of llamas are thought to have originated from the central plains of North America about 40 million years ago, and subsequently migrated to South America about three million years ago during the Great American Interchange. By the end of the last ice age (10,000–12,000 years ago), camelids were extinct in North America
In Aymara mythology llamas are important beings. The Heavenly Llama is said to drink water from the ocean and urinates as it rains. According to Aymara eschatology llamas will return to the water springs and lagoons where they come from at the end of time

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