[Combat between European and Indigenous men on an island and Indigenous people in canoes] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Combat between European and Indigenous men on an island and Indigenous people in canoes]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Fortification - Brazil; Bow and arrow; Firearms
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bertioga; São Paulo; Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A mixed group of Indigenous people and Europeans stand on an island labelled ‘S. Maro’ and a group of Indigenous people in canoes are arranged along the shore facing the group on the island. The two groups are engaged in conflict, with the Europeans firing guns and the Indigenous people shooting arrows. At least two Indigenous people in one canoe (second from left) and one person in another (far right) have been killed or wounded. There appears to be a European captive in the prow of the canoe in the middle – the man is nude and has a rope tied around his neck, and he fires a gun at the group on the island. There are two fortifications on the island, as well as one on the mainland labelled ‘Brikioka’, from which several cannons are firing.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23284
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
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