"AMERICAE TERTIA PARS, Memorabile provinciae Brasiliae Historiam continens, germanico primum sermone scriptam a loane Stadio Hombergensi Hesso, nunc autem latinitate donatam a Teucrio Annaeo Privato Colchanthe Po: Med:Addita est Narratio profectionis loannis Lerii in eamdem Provinciam, quam ille initio gallice conscripsit, postea vero Latinam fecit. His accessit Descriptio Morum Ferocitatis incolarum illius Regionis, atque Colloquium ipsorum idiomate conscriptum" "Omnia recens evulgata, eiconibus in aes incisis ac ad vivum expressis illustrata, ad normam exemplaris praedictorum Autorum : studio ; diligentia Theodori de Bry Leodiensis, atque civis Francofurtensis anno MDXCII"

-1st Latin edition of Part 3 of De Bry's Grands Voyages which describes early voyages to Brazil by Hans Staden and Jean de Lery 

-Collation (complete): [16], 1-134, TP, 137-284, TP, 287-296, [7 Index leaves, colophon].

-45 (of 45) engravings in text

-Includes the Map of Brazil - "Americae Pars Magnis Cognita" (with restoration to lower part)

-In original vellum binding with title to spine Condition: Overall Good copy in original binding with wide margins, with restoration (with facsimile) to map, and 13 illustrated pages have been tipped in from another copy.

This celebrated work is one of the earliest to describe the Tupinamba peoples of South America. The woodcuts were first included in the 1580 French edition and are here expanded. Lery took part in Villegagnon's failed expedition to found a French colony in Brazil - "France Antarctique". This Protestant expedition had set out to escape the French wars of Religion. The colony was founded in present day Rio de Janeiro and Lery spent time exploring the local area. He gives an accurate description of the flora and fauna of the region, but the book is best known for its sympathetic description of the Tupinamba peoples. This is one of the most important early descriptions before increasing European interaction changed their way of life. He records the Tupinamba in engaged in war and cannibalism - which was controversial in Europe on his return. The description greatly influenced later French writers including Levi-Strauss and is still used by modern day anthropologists. Of importance, this edition is one of the first to include notation of Tupinamba music in the text. The second part contains the account of Hans von Staden, who spent 2 years living with the Tupinamba Indians in The Amazon jungle after being captured by them. On returning to Europe he wrote his account, first published in 1557, which described their way of life including their cannibal tendencies. The work was a sensation when published in Europe, and De Bry produced this fine edition with beautiful copper plate engravings, more detailed than the crude original woodblock prints. A nice copy in original binding, but with faults as described.