book chapter
Description of the state of Maranhão, Pará, Corupá and Rio das Amazonas made by Mauricio de Heriarte, Auditor General and Overseer of Morals under Don Pedro de Mello, year 1662
Imprensa do filho de C. Gerold • Vienna D'Austria • Published In 1874 • Pages:
By: Heriarte, Mauricio de fl., 1662, Varnhagen, Francisco Adolfo de, Visconde de Porto Seguro, Vescelius, Gary S..
Abstract
This is the published version of MS 5880 of the Imperial Library of Vienna. The original seventeenth century orthography has been preserved in the translation. The author was Auditor General and 'overseer of morals' under the Portuguese governor in Brazil in1662. The book contains several passages dealing with the Tupinamba living in Maranhao region as observed by Heriarte; these passages, sections 10-15 in the text, have been translated and reproduced for the files. Heriarte displays an extreme religious bias in his evaluation of Tupinamba culture, but his actual observations of specific objects and events are probably essentially correct.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2003
- Region
- South America
- Sub Region
- Eastern South America
- Document Type
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Foreign Resident
- Document Rating
- 2: Fair
- Analyst
- EJ ; 1971
- Field Date
- 1622
- Coverage Date
- 1662
- Coverage Place
- Ilha de Marajo, Brazil
- Notes
- Mauricio de Heriarte
- This document consists of excerpts
- Translation of: [Descripção do estado do Maranhão, Pará, Corupá e Rio das Amazonas, feita por Mauricío de Heriarte, Ouvidor-Geral, Provedor-Mó e Auditor, que foi pelo Governador D. Pedro de Mello, no Anno de 1662
- The original foreign text is not included
- Translated for the HRAF files by Gary S. Vescelius ca. 1971
- LCCN
- 03017739
- LCSH
- Tupinamba Indians