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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458010103321

Autore

Staden Hans <ca. 1525-ca. 1576., >

Titolo

Hans Staden : the true history of his captivity : 1557 / / Hans Staden ; translated and edited by Malcolm Letts, with an introduction and notes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-28543-4

1-280-17813-2

9786610178131

0-203-34003-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Collana

The Broadway travellers ; ; 26

Altri autori (Persone)

LettsMalcolm Henry Ikin <1882->

Disciplina

910.92

918.10432092

Soggetti

Indians of South America - Brazil

Tupinamba Indians

Electronic books.

Brazil Description and travel

America Early works to 1800

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [161]-175) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; NOTE TO INTRODUCTION; HANS STADEN'S INTRODUCTION; DR. DRYANDER'S INTRODUCTION; THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK; PART ONE; PART TWO; NOTES; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

'The Broadway Travellers contains few more exciting stories than that of Staden.' Sunday Times'The present translation of his adventures among the Brazilian cannibals, with which the gruesome original woodcuts are included, now make Staden's story available to a larger public...'New StatesmanThe first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings, and of the flora and fauna of the country. In