| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 191 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
The Broadway travellers ; 26 |
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Broadway travellers ; 26.
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| Contents |
BOOK COVER; HALF-TITLE; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; PREFACE; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; INTRODUCTION; NOTE TO INTRODUCTION; HANS STADEN'S INTRODUCTION; DR. DRYANDER'S INTRODUCTION; THE CONTENTS OF THIS BOOK; PART ONE; PART TWO; NOTES; INDEX |
| Summary |
'The Broadway Travellers contains few more exciting stories than that of Staden.' Sunday Times'The present translation of his adventures among the Brazilian cannibals, with which the gruesome original woodcuts are included, now make Staden's story available to a larger public...'New StatesmanThe first part of the book is a straightforward account of the author's personal experiences. The second part is a detailed treatise on the customs of the Tupinambá, their polity, trade, religion, manufactures and warlike undertakings, and of the flora and fauna of the country. In |
| Notes |
Facsim. of ed. published: 1928 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-183) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576.
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| SUBJECT |
Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576 fast |
| Subject |
Tupinamba Indians -- Early works to 1800
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TRAVEL.
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Travel
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Tupinamba Indians
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| SUBJECT |
Brazil -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800
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America -- Early accounts to 1600.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004258
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| Subject |
America
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Brazil
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| Genre/Form |
Early works
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Letts, Malcolm, 1882-1957.
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| ISBN |
0203340035 |
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9780203340035 |
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9780415344760 |
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041534476X |
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