Hans Staden
16th-century German soldier, traveler and writer best known for his eyewitness account of captivity among the Tupinambá in Brazil (Warhaftige Historia), an influential early ethnographic narrative.
Books
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1. Duas Viagens Ao Brasil
An Account of Cannibal Captivity in Brazil
A firsthand account by a European soldier who made two 16th-century voyages to Brazil, recounting coastal and inland travels, vivid observations of indigenous societies—most famously his capture by the Tupinambá in Maranhão—his experience of captivity amid rituals that include allegations of cannibalism, and his eventual escape; the narrative mixes adventure, survival, and ethnographic detail and played a formative and contested role in early European impressions of the Americas.