[European ships engage in battle near the coast, where there is an Indigenous village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [European ships engage in battle near the coast, where there is an Indigenous village]
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Marburg (Germany); Germany; Holy Roman Empire; Brazil; Pernambuco
Description: Three large European sailing ships are shown near the coast of Brazil. The three ships are shooting projectiles, likely cannons, at each other while several individuals flounder in the water. On land there is a small Indigenous village comprised of three long structures surrounded by a fence. The label beside the village reads ‘Buttagaris’. Three Indigenous people, two holding bows and arrows, stand on the shore watching the three ships.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist);Woodcutter (Unknown);Andres Kolben (Printer); Hans Staden (Artist); Woodcutter (Unknown); Andres Kolben (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22912
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
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Collection: European Illustrations of Native Americans
Subject: Tupinamba; Village communities; Bow and arrow; Colonists; Sailing ships; Naval battles; Atlantic coast – South America; Indigenous peoples of South America - Brazil; Tupi

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