[A group of Tupinambá people take a European man captive] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A group of Tupinambá people take a European man captive]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Dugout canoes; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Fortification - Brazil; Bow and arrow
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Bertioga; São Paulo; Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: This image shows the capture of a European man on the island of S. Maro. First, he is surrounded by the Tupinambá, who aim their bows towards him, in the group towards the far side of the island. Then he is shown having been captured and stripped of his clothes, with the Tupinambá holding him by both arms, in the group on the island nearer to the viewer. The canoes of the Tupinambá have been been pulled up to the shoreline of the island, with several people remaining in the canoes. Many of the Tupinamba wear feathered headdresses and adornments around their waists. Most carry a bow and arrow, although some have a spear or a club instead. There is a triangular fortification on the left side of the island with cannons at each point, and another walled fort with cannons on the mainland labelled ‘Brikioka’.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23283
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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