book chapter

The universal cosmography

[s.n.]ParisPublished In 1575 • Pages:

By: Thevet, André, Métraux, Alfred.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this excerpt, the accounts are more detailed than those which appear in 2:Thevet (1878).
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Hunting and trapping
Mythology
Menstruation
Postnatal care
Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
Puberty and initiation
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Tupinamba
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
2003
RegionThe area the document pertains to
South America
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern South America
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Geographer
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Alfred Métraux ; 1971
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1555
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1555
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
[by] André Thevet
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: [La cosmographie universelle]
The original French text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tupinamba Indians