[A group of Frenchmen trade with the Tupinambá] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A group of Frenchmen trade with the Tupinambá]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A group of French traders stand in a small boat near the coast while one of their group stands on the shore speaking with a group of Tupinambá men. The French appear to be trading for monkey, parrots, and possibly brazilwood, and they have a large bird cage on their boat. There is a Tupinambá village nearby and a group of people stand near the shore, some holding bows and arrows. A European man, captive of the Tupinambá, swims out to the French boat but is prevented from boarding so swims back to 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:23294
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_23294_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Monkeys; Parrots

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