[Tupinambá people canoe off the coast of Brazil] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Tupinambá people canoe off the coast of Brazil]
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Coastal settlements; Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands; Brazil
Description: A large group of Tupinambá Indigenous people canoe near the coast of Brazil. Fourteen canoes are shown, all full of three to five individuals. In the distance, a settlement can be seen on land close to the shore.
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:22985
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
Image: mta_22985_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Coastal settlements; Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil