[A European man is captured by a group of Indigenous people] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A European man is captured by a group of Indigenous people]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Coastal settlements; Dugout canoes; Indigenous weapons - South America; Captivity
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: São Vicente; Bertioga; Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands
Description: A group of Tupinambá Indigenous people capture a European man on an island called Saint Maro in Brazil. The European man stands on the shore near the left side of the image, with two Indigenous people holding on to him and brandishing weapons. Several of the Indigenous people on shore hold either a bow, a spear, or both. Some members of the group are departing the island in canoes, while others in canoes row near the shore. Several settlements can be seen in the background, including one labelled “Brikioka”.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22971
Language: dut
Source Name: Warachtige historie ende beschrrivinge eens lants in America ghelegen, vviens invvoonders vvilt, naeckt, seer godloos, ende vvreede menschen eters sijn
Parent Collection: 1558 Antwerp; 1558 Antwerp
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Coastal settlements; Dugout canoes; Indigenous weapons - South America; Captivity

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