[Three European ships engage in a naval battle near the coast, where there is a Tupinambá village] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Three European ships engage in a naval battle near the coast, where there is a Tupinambá village]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Sailing ships; Naval battles; Bow and arrow; Cannons; Colonists; Coastal settlements
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: Two Spanish ships and one French (as determined by their flags) are shown, with the French firing cannons at the Spanish ship and vice versa. Several men are in the water, either deceased or having merely fallen, along with turtles and other sea creatures. There is a Tupinambá village on land near the shore, comprised of several long structures surrounded by two layers of tall fence. Several Tupinambá people rove along the shore carrying bows and arrows. In the background near the tree line of a forest, one individual hunts using a bow and arrows.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23279
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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