book chapter

Information on Brazil and of its leaders

Revista trimensal de historia e geographia • 6 • Published In 1844 • Pages: 412-443 [incomplete]

By: Anonymous, Métraux, Alfred, Vescelius, Gary S..

Abstract
The author of this report was an anonymous Jesuit. The report contains only a few pages on the Indians but they give us some data which confirm other statements on important matters, like preferential marriage and revitalism.
Subjects
Linguistic identification
Alcoholic beverages
Mode of marriage
Instigation of war
Aftermath of combat
Magicians and diviners
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
4: Excellent Secondary Data
Analyst
Alfred Métraux ; Gary Vescelius ; 1971
Field Date
1584
Coverage Date
1584
Coverage Place
Brazil
Notes
This document consists of excerpts
Translation of: [Enformacao do Brazil, e de suas Capitanias]
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
LCCN
98648816
LCSH
Tupinamba Indians