South America

As Europeans moved into South America, the mysticism of the New World was enhanced.  Representations of 'exotic' landscapes, creatures and peoples were captured in illustrations, woodcuts and narratives.

Travels in Brazil in 1815, 1816, and 1817.

This is Hans Staden's account of his captivity among the Tupinamba from 1547 until 1555.

This is a reprint of Tomlinson's description of his trip in 1909 and 1910 up the Amazon and Madeira rivers with striking woodcut illustrations by Clare Leighton.

"There was a great head which emerged."

"The trees around me seemed to sway."

An illustration of monkies on a branch.

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