book chapter
A treatise of Brasil AND articles touching the dutie of the kings majestie our lord, and to the common good of all the estate of Brasill
J. MacLehose and Sons • 16 • Published In 1906 • Pages: 417-517 [incomplete]
By: Cardim, Fernão, d. 1625.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
The author of this treatise was a Portuguese Jesuit, Fernão Cardim, who lived in Brazil from 1583 to 1625. In 1601 he was captured by a British corsary and his manuscript was translated into English and published by Purchas in his collection. Copies of the Portuguese original manuscripts were discovered in Portugal and published under the respective titles of 'do principio e origem dos Indios do Brasil e de seus costumes, adoracão e ceremonias,' 'do clima e terra do Brasil,' and 'Informação da missão do P. Christovão Gouvêa as partes do Brasil anno 83' or 'Narrative epistolar de uma viagem e missão jesuitica.' Cardim's treatiste is one of our outstanding sources on Tupinamba ethnology and one of the most accurate. The chapter on cannibalism gives details not to be found elsewhere and outlines the sequence of ceremonies. The last chapter enumerating the Indian tribes of the coast of Brazil is an important source for the ethnic map of South America. Interesting data are to be found in the chapters dealing with the flora and fauna of Brazil. Unfortunately, he rarely states whether some economic plants were actually used by the Indians or by the Portuguese colonists.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Fauna
- Flora
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Fishing
- Diet
- Cannibalism
- Pharmaceuticals
- 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
- 1583-1601
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1583-1601
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Brazil
- NotesAdditional notes
- Fernão Cardim
- This document consists of excerpts
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 07023966
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tupinamba Indians