Hans Staden

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Hans Staden (b. around 1525 – Wolfhagen, 1579) was a German soldier and mariner, who supposedly was held captive by Brazil's tupinamba indigenous tribe. The account of his voyages and adventures in the New World (Hans Staden: The True History of his Captivity, 1557) was among the first descriptions of America's native customs, and also one of the first ethnologues writing.

There is a 1999 film (DVD Hans Staden, 92 min, director Luis Alberto Pereira), spoken in the original Brazilian Tupinamba indigenous language, with subtitles in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish - that explores his adventures while being held captive by the Brazilian indigenous tribe.