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DescriptionCannibalism in the New World, from Vespucci.jpg |
English: The first known depiction of cannibalism in the New World. Engraving by, Johann Froschauer for an edition of Amerigo Vespucci's Mundus Novus, published in Augsburg in 1505. Mundus Novus is Vespucci's account of his third voyage (1501-02)——to the New World, specifically——to the eastern coast of Brazil. The original caption (in German), reads:
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Source | Mundus Novus |
Author | Amerigo Vespucci |
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