[European ships anchored along the coast near an abandoned Tupinambá village and the island Santa Catarina] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [European ships anchored along the coast near an abandoned Tupinambá village and the island Santa Catarina]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Sailing ships; Dugout canoes; Colonists; Bonfires; Coastal settlements
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Santa Catarina Island; Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Two European ships are anchored near the coast, close to an island labelled ‘S. Catherina Ins.’ Several European men sit around a fire on the island, while others chop down a tree and gather brush. A canoe bearing several Tupinamá men and one European approaches the island from the left and five other canoes come from the right, with the five heading towards a rowboat filled with European men. On land several European men with spears explore an abandoned Tupinambá village near the shore. The frames of several of the structures are exposed and parts of the fence are broken. A large cross with a plaque hanging around it has been erected on the cape near the village and two European men stand beside it.
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:23281
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
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Sailing ships; Dugout canoes; Colonists; Bonfires; Coastal settlements

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