[A European man is captured by Tupinambá people] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A European man is captured by Tupinambá people]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil; Bertioga; South America
Description: On an island near the coast, a European man (likely representing Staden) is taken by the arms by two Tupinambá Indigenous people. Around the island are five canoes all filled with Indigenous people. There are several fortifications and buildings on another island and along the coast of the mainland in the background.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Unknown (Woodcutter);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22915
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_22915_OBJ.png
Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Dugout canoes; Atlantic coast – South America; Coast defenses; Colonists; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba