In 1550 the German adventurer Hans Staden was serving as a gunner in a Portuguese fort on the Brazilian coast. While out hunting, he was captured by the Tupinam

Hans Staden’s sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the G

The 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 Tupin

From the first encounters between the Portuguese and indigenous peoples in 1500 to the current political turmoil, the history of Brazil is much more complex and

A fascinating and well-researched look into what we really know about cannibalism.