book chapter
History of the mission of the Capuchin Fathers on the Isle of Maragnan and the surrounding lands
Impr. de F. Huby • Paris • Published In 1614 • Pages:
By: Claude, d'Abbeville, père d. 1632, Métraux, Alfred, Coughlin, Margaret.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Claude d'Abbeville was a French missionary who went to northern Brazil in 1611 and stayed on the islands of Maranhão a few months. His description of native life is remarkably accurate and sound. He gives a good account of Tupinamba astronomy. He lists all the economic plants known to the Indians. Material culture has been well described by him and no mistakes could be found in his statements. He writes with simplicity and elegance.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Diet
- Cannibalism
- Normal garb
- Special garments
- Ornament
- Personal grooming
- Body alterations
- 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.
- Missionary
- 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
- 1611
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1611
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Ilha de Marajo, Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Claude d'Abbeville
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: [Histoire de la mission des pères capucins en l'isle de Maragnan et terres circoncoisines, ou est traicté des singularitez admirables et des moeurs merveilleuses des Indièns habitans de ce pays, avec les missives et advis qui ont esté envoyez de nouveau par le r. p. Claude d'Abbeville.]
- The original French text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956 ; additional translation by Margaret Coughlin in 1956
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 47034685
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tupinamba Indians