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History Of A Voyage To The Land Of Brazil
''History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America'', (French language, French: ''Histoire d'un voyage fait en la terre de Brésil''; Latin: ''Historia Navigationis in Brasiliam, quae et America Dicitur'') is an account published by the French Huguenots, Huguenot Jean de Léry in 1578 about his experiences living in a Calvinism, Calvinist colony in the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After the colony dissolved, De Léry spent two months living with the Tupinambá people, Tupinambá Indians. Historical context Brazil was the first area of the Americas explored by the French. At the time of Jean de Léry's ''History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America'', the French and the Portuguese were in competition for control of the resources of Brazil. While reports of cannibalism among the Indigenous peoples in Brazil, indigenous people were widespread, interactions with the natives showed that they were friendly. At the time, it was common practice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean De Léry
Jean de Léry (1536–1613) was an explorer, writer and Reformed pastor born in Lamargelle, Côte-d'Or, France. Scholars disagree about whether he was a member of the lesser nobility or merely a shoemaker. Either way, he was not a public figure prior to accompanying a small group of fellow Protestants to their new colony on an island in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 1557 to 1558. There he produced the first known transcriptions of native American music: two chants of the Tupinambá, near Rio de Janeiro. The colony, France Antarctique was founded by the Chevalier de Villegaignon, with promises of religious freedom, but on arrival, the Chevalier contested the Protestants' beliefs and persecuted them. After eight months the Protestants left their colony and survived for a short time on the mainland, living amongst the Tupinamba Indians. These events were the basis of de Lery's book, ''History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America'' (1578). Exhausted and star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
