Aprender sobre as culturas indígenas na época colonial: a gênese do livro de viagem de Hans Staden (Historia, 1557) no cruzamento de discursos alheios

The travel narrative of the German Hans Staden, Warhaftige Historia, the first book published about Brazil in 1557, is a major source for our knowledge about colonial Brazil and its indigenous civilizations, mainly the Tupinambá. This contribution shows that the observations in the book are corresponding to reality, and that the author conceives his narrative also as an answer to "foreign discourses", moral evaluations about the indigenous people and religious views about them in a critical manner.