Mannière de chasser des Geans · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Mannière de chasser des Geans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Patagonia (Argentina and Chile); Teheulche; Hunting; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – South America
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Patagonia (Argentina and Chile); Argentina; Chile; South America; Paris; France
Description: An Indigenous South American man of large stature holds an animal in one hand and an object in the other. He wears a long-sleeved garment with a hood. This image comes from a chapter entitled ‘D’une Isle, où les hommes sont grands de dix à douze pieds', (Of an island, where the men are tall at 10 to 12 feet), referring to an island in the region of Patagonia, South America. A Spanish expedition in 1520 led by Ferdinand Magellan explored the South American coast of Patagonia (today Argentina and Chile) and encountered a group of Indigenous people, likely the Teheulche. The Spaniards described the Teheulche as giants, but later travelers disputed this description, saying the Teheulche were of average build. This image is identical to one found on page 905 of Paris 1575 (l’Huillier).
Image Creator: Unknown (Woodcutter);Guillaume Chaudière (Printer); Unknown (Woodcutter); Guillaume Chaudière (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:23532
Language: fre
Source Name: La Cosmographie Vniverselle d’André Thevet Cosmographe du Roy
Parent Collection: 1575 Paris; 1575 Paris
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Patagonia (Argentina and Chile); Teheulche; Hunting; Indigenous peoples – Clothing – South America

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