[A European ship sailing near the coast, with an Indigenous settlement in the distance] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [A European ship sailing near the coast, with an Indigenous settlement in the distance]
Subject: Tupi; Tupinamba; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Sailing ships; Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: South America; Antwerp; Belgium; Spanish Netherlands; Brazil
Description: A large European ship sails near the coast of Brazil. In the distance, an Indigenous settlement can be seen amongst the hills along the coast. Two long structures are visible, and the shadow of an individual can be seen in the hills near the center (top) of the image.
Image Creator: Hans Staden (Artist); Unknown (Woodcutter); Christophe Plantin (Christoffel Plantijn) (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Woodcut
Identifier: mta:22968
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_22968_OBJ.png