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Native American Cannibals,1591

Group of cannibal Indians dismembering and cooking captive. Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. Cannibalism was practiced by humans in Prehistoric Europe, Mesoamerica, South America, among Iroquoian peoples in North America, Maori in New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, parts of West Africa and Central Africa, some of the islands of Polynesia, New Guinea, Sumatra, and Fiji once known as the Cannibal Isles. Engraving by Theodore de Bry, 1591. (cropped and cleaned).
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Title:
Native American Cannibals,1591
Caption:
Group of cannibal Indians dismembering and cooking captive. Human cannibalism is the act or practice of humans eating the flesh or internal organs of other human beings. A person who practices cannibalism is called a cannibal. Cannibalism was practiced by humans in Prehistoric Europe, Mesoamerica, South America, among Iroquoian peoples in North America, Maori in New Zealand, the Solomon Islands, parts of West Africa and Central Africa, some of the islands of Polynesia, New Guinea, Sumatra, and Fiji once known as the Cannibal Isles. Engraving by Theodore de Bry, 1591. (cropped and cleaned)
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Album / LOC/Science Source
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4800 x 3491 px | 47.9 MB
Print size:
40.6 x 29.6 cm | 16.0 x 11.6 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
1591 • 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • AGE OF DISCOVERY • AMERICA • AMERICAN INDIAN • AMERICAN INDIANS • AMERICAN-INDIAN • BARBARIC • BW • CANNIBAL • COOKING HUMAN FLESH • HISTORY • HUMAN CANNIBALISM • INDIAN • INDIANS (AMERICAN) • INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE AMERICAS • INDIO • MESOAMERICA • MESOAMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICAN • NATIVE AMERICANS • SOUTH AMERICA • THEODOR DE BRY • TRIBE