TY - BOOK ID - 78139834 TI - The true history of his captivity, 1557 AU - Staden, Hans AU - Letts, Malcolm PY - 2005 SN - 1134285434 1280178132 9786610178131 0203340035 9780203340035 9780415344760 041534476X 041534476X 9781134285389 9781134285426 9781138867680 1134285426 PB - London New York RoutledgeCurzon DB - UniCat KW - Indians of South America KW - Tupinamba Indians. KW - Tupi Indians KW - Brazil KW - America KW - Americas KW - New World KW - Western Hemisphere KW - Description and travel. KW - Description and travel UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78139834 AB - '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 ER -