Print of steel engraving titled Monographie du Mate Uruguay“.

Author Danvin.

Engraved by Branche.

Published in L‘Univers Pittoresque ou Histoire et description de tous les peuples“ . Paris. 1835 – 1841.

Yerba mate is a species of the holly family (Aquifoliaceae), with the botanical name Ilex paraguariensis A. St.-Hil. named by the French botanist Auguste Franois Csar Prouvenal de Saint-Hilaire. Yerba mate is widely known as the source of the beverage called mate (Portuguese: chimarro, terer/terer and other variations). It is traditionally consumed in central and southern regions of South America, particularly Argentina, Bolivia, southern and center-western Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay and southern Chile. It is also very popular in Syria where it is imported from Argentina. Yerba mate was initially utilized and cultivated by the Guaran people and in some Tup communities in southern Brazil, prior to European colonization. It was scientifically classified by the Swiss botanist Moses Bertoni, who settled in Paraguay in 1895. Yerba mate can also be found in various energy drinks on the market today.

Paraguay officially the Republic of Paraguay (Spanish: Repblica del Paraguay, Guarani: Tet Paragui), is a landlocked country in central South America, bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the country from north to south. Due to its central location in South America, it is sometimes referred to as Corazn de Amrica ("Heart of America").

Approx. image size 13, 9 x 8, 8/22, 1 x 13, 7 cm.Condition: good.

Condition: good.