The Return of Hans Staden: A Go-Between in the Atlantic World

by Eve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf

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Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamb Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account known as the True History shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world.

Eve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf carefully reconstruct Staden's life as a German...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1421403463

ISBN13:9781421403465

Release Date:January 2012

Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press

Length:216 Pages

Weight:0.65 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"

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