Livro das canoas
Subtitle: documentos para a história indígena da Amazônia
By: organização e introdução, Márcio Meira.
Contributors: Meira, Márcio.
Series: Série Documentos; Série Documentos (Universidade de São Paulo. Núcleo de História Indígena e do Indigenismo)
Publisher: Núcleo de História Indígena e do Indigenismo; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo
Published: 1993
Place of publication: [São Paulo, Brazil]
Language: por
Number of pages: 239
Subjects: Ava-Canoeiro Indians -- History.; Ava-Canoeiro Indians -- Social life and customs.
Description: "Transcription of the Livro das canoas, a manuscript from the Arquivo Público do Estado do Pará, includes information from 17th-19th centuries and provides important first-hand data on people, places, and events of the Amazonian region. Descriptions of captured indigenous peoples in the Rio Negro and Japura rivers between 1739-55 are especially interesting. Mentions by name several dozen ethnic groups (and lists them on p. 17-18)"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 14-15).