Hans Staden's True History : An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil /

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In 1550, the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinamba, an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism, and who, as allies of the French, were hostile to the Por...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576 (Author)
Other Authors: Harbsmeier, Michael, 1951- (Editor, Translator), Whitehead, Neil L. (Editor, Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Alemán
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Kulturkontakt
Kannibalismus
Autobiografische Literatur
Erlebnisbericht
Voyages and travels.
Tupinamba Indians.
Travel.
Indians of South America.
Customs and Folklore.
Voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Tupinamba (Indiens) > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Indiens d'Amerique > Bresil > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Voyages and travels > Early works to 1800.
Tupinamba Indians > Early works to 1800.
Indians of South America > Brazil > Early works to 1800.
Tupí.
Brasilien > Reisen und Expeditionen > Geschichte 16. Jh > Text.
Amerika
Brasilien
Brazil.
Bresil > Descriptions et voyages > Ouvrages avant 1800.
Brazil > Description and travel > Early works to 1800.
Reisebericht 1548-1555.
Reisebericht > 1548-1555
Reisebericht 1548-1555
Early works.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of illustrations
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • The true history and description of a country populated by a wild, naked, and savage man-munching people, situated in the new world, America ... / by Hans Staden
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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