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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 |
Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (215 p.) |
Disciplina: | 910.92 |
918.10432092 | |
Soggetto topico: | Indians of South America - Brazil |
Tupinamba Indians | |
Soggetto geografico: | Brazil Description and travel |
America Early works to 1800 | |
Altri autori: | LettsMalcolm Henry Ikin <1882-> |
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 |
Titolo autorizzato: | Hans Staden |
ISBN: | 1-134-28542-6 |
1-134-28543-4 | |
1-280-17813-2 | |
9786610178131 | |
0-203-34003-5 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784689103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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