Hans Staden's True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil by Hans Staden

Hans Staden's True History: An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil

Cultures and Practice of Violence

Hans Staden with Neil L. Whitehead (Translator), Michael Harbsmeier (Translator)

206 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history adventurous reflective slow-paced
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In 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinamb , an indigenous people who had a reputation for engaging in ritual cannibalism and wh...

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