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Dritte Buch Americae, darinn Brasilia : durch Johann Staden von Homberg auss Hessen, auss eigener erfahrung in Teutsch beschrieben. Item Historia der Schiffart Ioannis Lerij in Brasilien, welche er selbst publiciert hat, jetzt von newem verteutscht, durch Teucrium Annaeum Priuatum, C. Vom Wildern vnerhörten wesen der Innwoner, von allerley frembden Gethieren vnd Gewächsen, sampt einem Colloquio, in der Wilden Sprach.

Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576, Bry, Theodor de, 1528-1598, Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611. Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre du Brésil. German · 1593 · [Frankfurt am Main] : Venales reperiu[n]tur in officina Theodori de Bry. · 6 pictures

A 1593 German account of Brazil published in Frankfurt by Theodor de Bry's workshop, combining Hans Staden's firsthand narrative with Jean de Léry's voyage history for a German-reading audience. The pictures are dense black-letter text pages with large ornamental woodcut headpieces, decorative initials, and a chapter heading, showing Renaissance printing ornament a designer could borrow for period typography.

Staden, Hans, approximately 1525-approximately 1576 · Léry, Jean de, 1534-1611 · Villegaignon, Nicolas Durand de, 1510-1571? · Indians of South America · Natural history · Tupi language · Indian linguistics · Imprint 1593

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