book chapter
History of a voyage to Brazil
Alphonse-Lemerre • Paris • Published In 1880 • Pages:
By: Léry, Jean de, Métraux, Alfred.
Abstract
The original edition appeared in 1576. Léry went to Rio de Janeiro in 1557 with a Protestant group to establish a French settlement in Brazil. His work, written many years after his return, is the classic source on the Tupinamba. He describes their culture as he observed it himself during a short stay with them. His information is generally exact, but does not go beyond the obvious aspects of the Tupinamba civilization.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Traveler
- Document Rating
- 3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
- Analyst
- Alfred Métraux ; 1971
- Field Date
- 1557
- Coverage Date
- 1557
- Coverage Place
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Notes
- Jean de Léry
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: [Histoire d'un voyage faict en la terre du Brésil]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956
- LCCN
- 04006817
- LCSH
- Tupinamba Indians