Jean de Léry (1536–1613) was an explorer, writer and Reformed Pastor born in Lamargelle, Côte-d'Or, France. Little is known of his early life; and he might have remained unknown had he not accompanied a group of Protestants to their new colony on an island in the Bay of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The colony, France Antarctique was founded by the Chevalier de Villegaignon, with promises of religious freedom, but on arrival, the Chevalier contested the Protestants' beliefs and persecuted them. After eight months the Protestants left their colony and settled on the mainland, near the Tupinamba Indians. These events were the basis of de Lery's book, History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America (1578).
When the famous anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss arrived in Rio de Janeiro, he had one book in his pocket: Jean de Léry's History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil. Léry had undertaken his fascinating and arduous voyage in 1556, as a youthful member of the first Protestant mission to the New World. Janet Whatley presents the first complete English translation of one of the most vivid early European accounts of life in the New World.
Throughout this book, Léry describes his fascinating voyage across the Atlantic to Brazil. On the way he encounters never before seen ocean wildlife that foreshadows many more discoveries to follow. While on the ship he and his men develop new skills of judging and navigating the winds, stars, currents, and tides. Upon arrival, Léry and his men are exposed to what seems to be an entirely new world. Throughout the body, the crew encounters a wide variety of people in an area not yet affected by European colonization. With the main goals set at Protestant Reformation, these men face many more challenges than expected, however make discoveries and encounter new things beyond their wildest dreams.
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在這本書法語版序言裏有列維斯特勞斯的一段采訪,他裏麵談到自己和Jean de Léry的人生際遇的淵源,一年多前讀到,現在錄在這裏。 “我感到我和Lery的存在之間有一種默契、一種平行交錯。我從一開始就有所察覺,在數年間,更是愈演愈烈。Lery在二十二三歲的時候齣發去巴西;我...
評分在這本書法語版序言裏有列維斯特勞斯的一段采訪,他裏麵談到自己和Jean de Léry的人生際遇的淵源,一年多前讀到,現在錄在這裏。 “我感到我和Lery的存在之間有一種默契、一種平行交錯。我從一開始就有所察覺,在數年間,更是愈演愈烈。Lery在二十二三歲的時候齣發去巴西;我...
評分在這本書法語版序言裏有列維斯特勞斯的一段采訪,他裏麵談到自己和Jean de Léry的人生際遇的淵源,一年多前讀到,現在錄在這裏。 “我感到我和Lery的存在之間有一種默契、一種平行交錯。我從一開始就有所察覺,在數年間,更是愈演愈烈。Lery在二十二三歲的時候齣發去巴西;我...
評分在這本書法語版序言裏有列維斯特勞斯的一段采訪,他裏麵談到自己和Jean de Léry的人生際遇的淵源,一年多前讀到,現在錄在這裏。 “我感到我和Lery的存在之間有一種默契、一種平行交錯。我從一開始就有所察覺,在數年間,更是愈演愈烈。Lery在二十二三歲的時候齣發去巴西;我...
評分在這本書法語版序言裏有列維斯特勞斯的一段采訪,他裏麵談到自己和Jean de Léry的人生際遇的淵源,一年多前讀到,現在錄在這裏。 “我感到我和Lery的存在之間有一種默契、一種平行交錯。我從一開始就有所察覺,在數年間,更是愈演愈烈。Lery在二十二三歲的時候齣發去巴西;我...
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