book chapter
The peculiarities of French Antarctica, otherwise called (French) America: the islands discovered in our times
Maisonneuve et cie • Paris • Published In 1878 • Pages:
By: Thevet, André, Métraux, Alfred.
Abstract
André Thevet visited Brazil in 1555 with the exception of Villegaignon. He gathered, during his short stay at the bay or Rio Janeiro, more information on the Tupinamba than any traveler or even missionary, who wrote on these Indians. He was naive, but his interest was wide and he had access to good informants. Thevet is our best source on the Tupinamba. In the COSMOGRAPHIE UNIVERSELLE (3:Thevet) are more detailed accounts than those which appear in this previous work. Thevet's style is heavy and confused.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Geographer
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Alfred Métraux ; 1971
- Field Date
- 1555
- Coverage Date
- 1555
- Coverage Place
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Notes
- [by] André Thevet
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: [Singularitez de la France antarctique, autrement nommée Amérique]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956
- LCCN
- 05018355
- LCSH
- Tupinamba Indians