Hans Staden′s True History An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil [1 ed.] 9780822342311

In 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out

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Table of contents :
List of Illustrations vii

Preface ix

Acknowledgments xiii

Introduction xv

The True History and Description of a Country Populated by a Wild, Naked, and Savage Man-munching People, situated in the New World, America . . . / Hans Staden 1

Appendix 147

Notes 151

Bibliography 181

Index 197

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