Hans von Staden

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Fragment of prints by Hans Staden Hans von Staden (born 1525 in Homberg (Efze), died 1579 in Wolfhagen or in Korbach) - German soldier and traveler.

In 1548 he participated in a commercial expedition to a brasil tree to Pernambuco on a Portuguese ship. He arrived at the time of the Indian uprising and participated in the defense of the city of Olinda, which was the seat of Durate Coelho, the captain. After repelling the attacks, the crew turned to a nearby port for cargo. They came across a French merchant ship that attacked. The short battle ended in failure, the French fled, they alone after 108 days, and in 1548 they returned to Portugal.

In 1549 Hans von Staden enlisted in the Spanish service and as a royal soldier sailed to Rio de la Plata. Near São Vicente in Brazil, the ship fell into a storm and crashed. Staden rescued and, after arriving in the city as artilleryman, became commander of the fort, and then, under Governor Tomé de Sousa, he was appointed commander of the fort for another two years. Before the expiration of service, Staden was attacked by Tupi tribesmen and imprisoned. In captivity he survived three years pretending to be a sorcerer and only the French captain of Vatteville from Catherine's ship saved him. In 1555 Staden returned to his hometown of Hesse.

In 1557 he published the Warhaftige, the story of the besieged land, the Grimmigen Menschfresser-Leuthen in der Newenwelt America gelegen (True story and the description of the wilderness, the savage cannibals of the New World of America). This work was in 1592 illustrated by Théodore de Bry and published as part of the Americae cycle. Bibliography Authoritative control (person):

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