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 Brasil • 168 • 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).
- 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