[Europeans are shipwrecked near coastal settlements] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Europeans are shipwrecked near coastal settlements]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands; São Vicente; Bertioga; Brazil; Itanhaém; São Paulo
Description: A European ship is sinking near the coast of Brazil. A group of survivors stand on the shore, and a few more individuals make their way to shore holding on to debris from the ship. The islands of Saint Vincent and Saint Maro are labelled, as are two Indigenous settlements: Itege Ehm and Brigiaco.
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:22970
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_22970_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Sailing ships; Shipwrecks; Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi