book chapter

Information on the mission of Father Christavao Gouvêa to parts of Brazil in the year 83: or a narrative epistle of a trip and a Jesuit mission

Tratados da terra e gente do Brasil168 • Published In 1939 • Pages: 270-275 [incomplete]

By: Cardim, Fernão, d. 1625, Métraux, Alfred.

Abstract
This report on a visit to the religious settlements of the Brazilian coast in 1583 contains a few details on the ethnography of the Tupinamba. These data figure also in Cardim's 'Principio and origem' but are given in this report in somewhat different form (see 9: Cardim).
Subjects
Personal hygiene
Music
Dance
Community heads
Infant care
culture
Tupinamba
HRAF PubDate
2003
Region
South America
Sub Region
Eastern South America
Document Type
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator Type
Missionary
Document Rating
3: Good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent
Analyst
Alfred Métraux ; 1971
Field Date
1583
Coverage Date
1583
Coverage Place
Brazil
Notes
Fernão Cardim
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: ['Informação da missão do P. Christovão Gouvêa as partes do Brasil anno 83 ou narrative epistolar de uma viagem e missão jesuitica.']
The original Portuguese text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956
LCCN
41002542
LCSH
Tupinamba Indians