The Tupinambá of Brazil
The Tupinambá lived in coastal Brazil when the Spanish, French,
Portuguese, and Dutch were "exploring" (i.e. colonizing) the New World.
They are the subject of a number of historical travel accounts
about Brazil including Hans Staden's True History:
An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil (1572) and
Jean de Lery's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil (1578).
They are interesting reads, nonetheless, the Staden more than the De Lery.
The veracity of the accounts is suspect. The bias is explicit.
The veracity of the accounts is suspect. The bias is explicit.
The film How Tasty Was my Little Frenchman (1971)
is vaguely based on the two books.
is vaguely based on the two books.
Anyways, I drew this (in retrospect problematic) image based on
some of the descriptions in the books.
