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Ecuador
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Ecuador
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Cotopaxi
Cotopaxi volcano, Ecuador.
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Ecuador
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Physical features of Ecuador
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Mitad del Mundo
A monument on the outskirts of Quito, Ecuador, marks the Equator.
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Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador
Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador.
© Loren McIntyre
Galapagos Islands: Sierra Negra
Sierra Negra (“Black Range”), Isabela Island, Galapagos National Park, Ecuador.
© estivillml/Fotolia
Amazon basin
A stream in Ecuador's Amazon basin.
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blue-footed booby
Blue-footed booby (
Sula nebouxii
), Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.
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Quito, Ecuador: Church of San Agustín
Church of San Agustín, on the Plaza Mayor, also called Plaza de la Independencia...
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potato farming in Ecuador
Farmers dig potatoes in the Sierra region northeast of Quito, Ecuador.
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Ecuador: corn farm
A farmer inspecting his corn (maize) crop in Ecuador.
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Felipe Guamán Poma de Ayala:
El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno
, depiction of an Inca bookkeeper using a quipu
Bookkeeper (right) rendering accounts to the Inca ruler Topa Inca Yupanqui. The contents...
Courtesy, Library Services Department, American Museum of Natural History, New York City (Neg. No. 321546)
Simón Bolívar
Simón Bolívar.
North Wind Picture Archives
The division of Gran Colombia (1830)
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Gabriel García Moreno
Gabriel García Moreno.
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Ecuador: rainforest
Rainforest vegetation grows along the northern coast of Ecuador.
© Victor Englebert
flag of Ecuador
National flag of Ecuador, which shares design similarities with the flags of Colombia...
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Ecuador
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National anthem of Ecuador
The instrumental version of the national anthem of Ecuador.
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Ecuador: Ethnic composition
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