[Europeans are shipwrecked near the coast of Brazil, close to several European and Tupinambá settlements] · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: [Europeans are shipwrecked near the coast of Brazil, close to several European and Tupinambá settlements]
Subject: Indigenous peoples of South America – Brazil; Tupi; Tupinamba; Sailing ships; Shipwrecks; Colonists; Coastal settlements; Fortification - Brazil
Period: 1550-1600;
Geographic: Itanhaém; Bertioga; São Vicente; São Paulo; Brazil; South America; Frankfurt (Germany); Germany; Free Imperial City of Frankfurt; Holy Roman Empire
Description: A European ship – broken in half – sinks near the coast of Brazil. Several men swim towards shore, with many clinging to debris, where several survivors already stand near the water helping others onto land. There are several settlements, both Indigenous and European, near the shipwreck site: on nearby island St. Maro there is a European settlement and a fortification wall, on a second island, St. Vincetii, there are two settlements and several single dwellings. To the left is a Tupinambá village labelled 'Brikioka' and on the right is another called 'Itenge Ehm'. There is an unlabeled village close to where the European men have come ashore.
Image Creator: Theodor de Bry (Engraver); Hans Staden (Artist); Theodor de Bry (Printer)
Type: StillImage; Copperplate engraving
Identifier: mta:23282
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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