Why did European tourists of the nineteenth century travel with inventions such as the camera obscura and the camera lucida?

a) Amateur artists used these devices to make traceable images of buildings and scenery.
b) These inventions provided portable privacy and lighting equipment when Europeans traveled to places with little technology.
Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World.
c) Both inventions provided the earliest known photographs.
Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World.
d) Europeans never traveled with a camera obscura or camera lucida as these devices were too heavy.
Consider This: Why were Europeans traveling in unprecedented numbers at this time? See 10.5: Narrative: Seeing the World.


a) Amateur artists used these devices to make traceable images of buildings and scenery.

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