Captivity of Hans Stade of Hesse in A.d. 1547 1555, Among the Wild - Tribes of Eastern Brazi

Klappentext The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. The first series, which ran from 1847 to 1899, consists of 100 books containing published or previously unpublished works by authors from Christopher Columbus to Sir Francis Drake, and covering voyages to the New World, to China and Japan, to Russia and to Africa and India. First published in English in 1874, this book contains Hans Stade's autobiographical account of his capture by the indigenous Brazillian Tupinamba people in 1554, and his description of their customs. Stade was held prisoner for a year, and according to his sensational report he witnessed many acts of cannibalism and was offered roasted human flesh by the chief of a Tupinamba village. The nineteenth-century editor added a preface describing the area of Brazil in question, where he himself had spent three years of 'exile'. Zusammenfassung The publications of the Hakluyt Society (founded in 1846) made available edited (and sometimes translated) early accounts of exploration. This volume contains an English translation of Hans Stade's account of his captivity among the indigenous Tupinamba of Brazil in 1553–1554, with an editorial preface describing the area in 1866. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Introduction; Dedication; The captivity of Hans Stade in Eastern Brazil.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Stade Hans, Hans Stade
• Collaboration: Richard F. Burton (Editeur), Richard Francis Burton (Editeur), Albert Tootal (Traduction)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 20.05.2010
• EAN: 9781108012379
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01237-9
• Pages: 280
• Thème: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Catégories: Littérature spécialisée > Histoire > Autres; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Histoire > Histoire par région/pays