Gaucho
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A gaucho or gaúcho is a skilled horseman, reputed to be brave and unruly. The figure of the gaucho is a folk symbol mainly in Argentina and Uruguay but also in Paraguay, southern Brazil, southern Boli
Gaucho from Argentina, photographed in Peru, 1868
Monument to the Gaucho, Montevideo, Uruguay
The earliest depiction of a Uruguayan gaucho (Emeric Essex Vidal, Picturesque Illustrations of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video, 1820)
Spanish official Félix de Azara, by Goya
Cowboy
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A cowboy is an animal herder who tends cattle on ranches in North America, traditionally on horseback, and often perform many other ranch-related tasks. The historic American cowboy of the late 19th c
Gaucho
…being common as well. The gaucho in some respects resembled members of other nineteenth century rural, horse-based cultures such as the North American cowboy (vaquero in Spanish), huaso of Central Chile, the Peruvian chalan or morochuco, the Venezuelan and Colombian llanero, the Ecuadorian chagra, the Hawaiian…
Cowboys portrayed in Western art. The Herd Quitter by C. M. Russell
American cowboy, 1887
"King of the Plains" postcard, 1898–1924
18th-century soldado de cuera in colonial Mexico