[Europeans go ashore in rowboats near an Indigenous village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Europeans go ashore in rowboats near an Indigenous village]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil; Santa Catarina Island
Description: Two larger European ships are shown near the coast, as well as seven smaller rowboats filled with colonists. At the tip of the bay there is a large cross. Near the shore is an Indigenous village labelled ‘Acutia’, with several long structures, a fence, and several mounded structures. One Indigenous person stands in the village. Four colonists armed with spears and rifles approach the village from the left.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22913
Language: ger
Source Name: Warhaftige Historia vnd beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der Wilden, Nacketen, Grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen, in der Newenwelt America gelegen, vor vnd nach Christi geburt im Land zu Hessen vnbekant, biß vff dise ij. nechst vergangene jar, Da sie Hans Staden von Homberg auß Hessen durch sein eygne erfarung erkant, vnd jetzo durch den truck an tag gibt.
Parent Collection: 1557 Marburg; 1557 Marburg
Image: mta_22913_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Village communities; Colonists; Sailing ships; Atlantic coast – South America; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

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