By Malcolm Letts
'The Broadway guests includes few extra interesting tales than that of Staden.' Sunday Times'The current translation of his adventures one of the Brazilian cannibals, with which the grotesque unique woodcuts are integrated, now make Staden's tale to be had to a bigger public...'New StatesmanThe first a part of the e-book is an easy account of the author's own reports. the second one half is an in depth treatise at the customs of the Tupinamb?, their polity, alternate, faith, manufactures and warlike undertakings, and of the wildlife of the rustic. In-depth info is given on rites and ceremonies (those on cannibalism will not be for the faint-hearted reader), govt and legislation and non secular observances. Facsimiles of woodcuts.
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I have searched for the authority for this statement, but I cannot find it. All I can say is that it is hallowed by continued repetition. Nor is it of much importance. The fact is that in every page of his book Hans Staden stands out as his own witness for truth. That he saw what he tells us he saw, and suffered the vicissitudes which he describes, cannot, I think, be doubted by anyone who has read his narrative with attention. Winckelmann, who published his work Der Americanischen Neuen Welt Beschreibung in 1664, while engaged among the archives at Cassel, discovered thirty-four of the original wood blocks used by Hans Staden and used them again, although he does not seem to have known of the existence of the various editions of Staden’s book which were issued in 1557.
Then continuing on our voyage we sailed under the equinoctial line where we encountered great heat, for the sun stood still above our heads as if it were perpetual noon. For days there was no wind, and at nights came great thunderstorms with rain and wind which departed as quickly as they came, so that continual watch had to be kept lest they should catch us unawares while we were under sail. The wind now blew with great force for several days against us until we began to be afraid that if it continued we should die of hunger, and we cried to God for a favouring wind.
NOTE TO INTRODUCTION THE full title of Hans Staden’s book is as follows: WARHAFTIG / HISTORIA UND BESCHREIBUNG EYNER LANDT- / SCHAFFT DER WILDEN NACKETEN GRIMMIGEN MENSCHFRESSEN / LEUTHEN IN DER NEWENWELT AMERICA GELEGEN VOR UND NACH / CHRISTI GEBURT IM LAND ZU HESSEN UNBEKANT BISZ UFF DISEN / NECHST VERGANGENE JAR DA SIE HANS STADEN VON HOM- / BERG AUSZ HESSEN DURCH SEIN EYGNE ERFARUNG ERKANT / UND YETZO DURCH DEN TRUCK AN TAG GIBT. H. JOH. DRYANDRI GENANT EYCHMAN / ORDINARII PROFESSORIS MEDICI ZU MARPURGK.