book chapter

Information on the land of Brazil

Revista trimensal de historia e geographia6Published In 1865 • Pages: 91-94 [incomplete]

By: Nobrega, Manoel da, Métraux, Alfred, Vescelius, Gary S..

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Short report on the Tupinamba by one of their first missionaries. The most valuable passage refers to the revivalistic movements among these Indians.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
Acculturation and culture contact
Property system
Mythology
Ecstatic religious practices
Magicians and diviners
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 ; Gary Vescelius ; 1971
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1550
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1550
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Brazil
NotesAdditional notes
Manoel da Nobrega
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: [Informacão das terras do Brasil]
The original Portuguese text is not included
Translated for the HRAF files by Alfred Métraux prior to 1956 ; additional translation by Gary S. Vescelius ca. 1970
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
98648816
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Tupinamba Indians