Hans Staden (with beard) watching an indigenous tribe in Brazil practicing cannibalism.
Hans Staden (b. around 1525 – Wolfhagen, 1579) was a German soldier and mariner, who supposedly was held captive by Brazil's Tupinamba indigenous tribe. The account of his voyages and adventures in the New World (Hans Staden: The True History of his Captivity, 1557) was among the first descriptions of America's native customs, and also one of the first ethnologues writing. It is likely his claims were not backed by evidence and were ethnocentric. These false beliefs that native were "savage" were a large problem with the colonialization of the Americas. Download high resolution version (981x835, 306 KB)from www. ... Download high resolution version (981x835, 306 KB)from www. ... Cannibalism in Brazil in 1557 as described by Hans Staden. ... Events January 21 - The Swiss Anabaptist Movement was born when Conrad Grebel, Felix Manz, George Blaurock, and about a dozen others baptized each other in the home of Manzs mother on Neustadt-Gasse, Zürich, breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. ... Events January 6 - The Union of Atrecht united the southern Netherlands under the Duke of Parma, governor in the name of king Philip II of Spain. ... Tupinambá is an extinct language of Brazil. ... Events Spain is effectively bankrupt. ...
There is a 1999 film (DVD Hans Staden, 92 min, director Luis Alberto Pereira), spoken in the original Brazilian Tupinamba indigenous language, with subtitles in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish - that explores his adventures while being held captive by the Brazilian indigenous tribe. Tupinambá is an extinct language of Brazil. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
Staden was most frank about his strategy of shifting national and religious identity in order to survive when he recalled attempting to convince the Tupinamba that he was with the French rather than the Portuguese.
Staden had escaped captivity among the Portuguese and was relying on Tupinamba animosity toward them to defend him from reassignment to a dangerous indentured service defending their fort.
HansStaden's motivations were not questioned by his fellow Christians, for far from defending the natives or telling a tale of bravery and personal "glory," he exhibited no free will.
HansStaden (with beard) watching an indigenous tribe in Brazil practicing cannibalism.
The account of his voyages and adventures in the New World (HansStaden: The True History of his Captivity, 1557) was among the first descriptions of America's native customs, and also one of the first ethnologues writing.
There is a 1999 film (DVD HansStaden, 92 min, director Luis Alberto Pereira), spoken in the original Brazilian Tupinamba indigenous language, with subtitles in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish - that explores his adventures while being held captive by the Brazilian indigenous tribe.
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