The true history of his captivity, 1557 /

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576.
Uniform title:	Warhaftige Historia und Beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen in der Newenwelt America gelegen. English
Imprint:	London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005.
Description:	1 online resource (xx, 191 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps
Language:	English
Series:	The Broadway travellers ; 26 Broadway travellers ; 26.
Subject:	Staden, Hans, -- approximately 1525-approximately 1576. Staden, Hans, -- approximately 1525-approximately 1576 Tupinamba Indians -- Early works to 1800. Travel. Tupinamba Indians. Brazil -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800. America -- Early accounts to 1600. America. Brazil. Early works.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298321

Hidden Bibliographic Details
Other authors / contributors:	Letts, Malcolm, 1882-1957.
ISBN:	0203340035 9780203340035 9780415344760 041534476X 041534476X
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Facsim. of ed. published: 1928. Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	'The Broadway Travellers contains few more exciting stories than that of Staden.' Sunday Times'The present translation of his adventures among the Brazilian cannibals, with which the gruesome original woodcuts are included, now make Staden's story available to a larger public...'New StatesmanThe first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings, and of the flora and fauna of the country. In.
Other form:	Print version: Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576. Warhaftige Historia und Beschreibung eyner Landtschafft der wilden, nacketen, grimmigen Menschfresser Leuthen in der Newenwelt America gelegen. English. True history of his captivity, 1557. London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2005 041534476X

Similar Items