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Tupi-Guarani kinship designations, ethnography and languagebook chapter 1944 • Drumond, Carlos & Vescelius, Gary S.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This document presents a list of Tupí-Guaraní kinship terms compiled by Carlos Drumond from earlier sources. The sources used by the author concern coastal groups of Tupí-Guaraní, some of which were Tupinamba; thus the terminology presented may be th...Tupi in the national geographybook chapter 1928 • Sampaio, Theodoro & Vescelius, Gary S.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This work is considered the most complete modern account of the Tupi language by one of the foremost Brazilian experts, though the phonetic system is rather poor. The source contains chapters on: (1) expansion of the Tupi language and its predominanc...Information on Brazil and of its leadersbook chapter 1844 • Anonymous et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
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....Information on the marriage of the Indians of Brazilbook chapter 1846 • Anchieta, José de et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
This is a very important account by one of the most famous missionaries of the sixteenth century, of marriage rules among the early Tupi of the region of Sao Paulo. The present translation is taken from the original article published in the REVISTA T...Information on the land of Brazilbook chapter 1865 • Nobrega, Manoel da et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
Short report on the Tupinamba by one of their first missionaries. The most valuable passage refers to the revivalistic movements among these Indians....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 1662book chapter 1874 • Heriarte, Mauricio de fl., 1662 et al.
Tupinamba • South America > Eastern South America
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 B...