The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography

After working for thirteen years at the Amazonian Jesuitic missions, the Portuguese Jacinto de Carvalho (1677-1744) sent to the Superior of his order a report on the country and on some of its native tribes' customs. This report, the main ethnographic source of early 18th Century Amazonia, is k...

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Main Author: Antonio Porro
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Language:English
Published: Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi 2012-12-01
Series:Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
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spelling doaj-fd432e7ec28e483782fc72c711f2dc802020-11-24T20:47:11ZengMuseu Paraense Emílio GoeldiBoletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas1981-81222012-12-0173761774The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnographyAntonio PorroAfter working for thirteen years at the Amazonian Jesuitic missions, the Portuguese Jacinto de Carvalho (1677-1744) sent to the Superior of his order a report on the country and on some of its native tribes' customs. This report, the main ethnographic source of early 18th Century Amazonia, is known only through a coeval Italian translation still unpublished. In this paper, the parts on ethnographic matters have been commented and translated to Portuguese.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1981-81222012000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=ptJesuitsAmazonEthnography18th Century
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Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
Jesuits
Amazon
Ethnography
18th Century
author_facet Antonio Porro
author_sort Antonio Porro
title The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography
title_short The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography
title_full The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography
title_fullStr The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography
title_full_unstemmed The unpublished 1719 Report of Jacinto de Carvalho on Amazonian ethnography
title_sort unpublished 1719 report of jacinto de carvalho on amazonian ethnography
publisher Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
series Boletim do Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi. Ciências Humanas
issn 1981-8122
publishDate 2012-12-01
description After working for thirteen years at the Amazonian Jesuitic missions, the Portuguese Jacinto de Carvalho (1677-1744) sent to the Superior of his order a report on the country and on some of its native tribes' customs. This report, the main ethnographic source of early 18th Century Amazonia, is known only through a coeval Italian translation still unpublished. In this paper, the parts on ethnographic matters have been commented and translated to Portuguese.
topic Jesuits
Amazon
Ethnography
18th Century
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