[Conflict between two European ships near the coast of Brazil] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Conflict between two European ships near the coast of Brazil]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Coastal settlements; Sailing ships; Naval battles
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Pernambuco; Spanish Netherlands
Description: Two large European ships engage in a naval battle near the coast of Brazil. Smoke rises from both ships. There is an Indigenous settlement on land near the coast, comprised of three long buildings surrounded by a fence. The settlement is labelled Buttugaris. There are a few Indigenous people standing along the shore, two of which hold bows. There are two canoes near the shore.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22967
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
Image: mta_22967_OBJ.png