book chapter
Extracts out of the Historie of John Lerius a Frenchman who lived in Brazil with mons. Villagagnon, ann. 1557- and 58
MacLehose and Sons • 16 • Published In 1906 • Pages: 518-579 [incomplete]
By: Léry, Jean de.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Fauna
- Flora
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Domesticated animals
- Diet
- External trade
- Visiting and hospitality
- Warfare
- Spirits and gods
- Ecstatic religious practices
- Magicians and diviners
- Reproduction
- 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.
- Traveler
- 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
- 1557-1558
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1557
- 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
- Jean de Léry
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 07023966
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tupinamba Indians