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The peculiarities of French Antarctica, otherwise called (French) Americabook chapter 1878 • Thevet, André & Métraux, Alfred
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
André Thevet visited Brazil in 1555 with the exception of Villegaignon. He gathered, during his short stay at the bay or Rio Janeiro, more information on the Tupinamba than any traveler or even missionary, who wrote on these Indians. He was naive, bu...The universal cosmographybook chapter 1575 • Thevet, André & Métraux, Alfred
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
In this excerpt, the accounts are more detailed than those which appear in 2:Thevet (1878)....The story of André Thevet Angoumoisin, cosmographer to the King, concerning two journeys made by him the the South and West Indies, etc.book chapter 1928 • Thevet, André et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This work, written by André Thevet, contains a rather detailed, though somewhat exaggerated account of Tupinamba ceremonial canabalism. The author's style of writing gives a rather confusing picture at times, and it is suggested that the file user re...