[Tupinambá people in canoes approach a European ship] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá people in canoes approach a European ship]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Sailing ships; Colonists; Bow and arrow; Village communities; Coastal settlements
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of Tupinambá people in five canoes approach a large European ship near the coast. In the canoe closest to the ship, Tupinambá men communicate with the European sailors. There is also a European man standing in the middle of that canoe. The two men in the canoe on the right have been fishing, there is a pile of fish in the bottom of the canoe and one of the men holds a fish towards the ship. An Indigenous village can be seen near the shore behind the ship, and three men with bows and arrows walk along the shore.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver);Hans Staden (Artist);Theodor de Bry (Printer); Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23288
Language: ger
Source Name: Dritte Buch Americæ, Darinn Brasilia durch Johann Staden von Homberg auß Hessen, auß eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, Durch Teucrium Annæum Priuatum, C. Vom Wilden vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren und Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.
Parent Collection: 1593 Bry; 1593 Bry
Image: mta_23288_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Sailing ships; Colonists; Bow and arrow; Village communities; Coastal settlements

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