In addition, the calotype produced a less clear image than the daguerreotype. The 1840s saw the rise of the Daguerreotype. Friedrichsthal was the first to photograph Chichen Itza, using the recently invented daguerreotype. He became the first Brazilian photographer when he acquired a daguerreotype camera in March 1840. Copper is used in roofing, currency, and for photographic technology known as the daguerreotype. The first attempts involved directly etching the unique images formed on metallic Daguerreotype plates. Jean-Baptiste Louis Gros was who brought the daguerreotype process to Colombia in 1841. Colombian photography was marked by the arrival of the daguerreotype. The daguerreotype of Margam Castle, made by Reverend Calvert Richard Jones, dates from 1841. The daguerreotype image is formed on a highly polished silver surface. The camera could capture a broad view on a single daguerreotype plate. After the introduction of the Giroux daguerreotype camera, other manufacturers quickly produced improved variations. Whipple at the Harvard College Observatory, also with a daguerreotype. The images were enthusiastically praised as nearly miraculous, and news of the daguerreotype quickly spread. He called this process "Daguerreotype", and tried unsuccessfully for a couple years to commercialize it.