On Cannibals
In chapter 30 of the first book, Montaigne questions what
he and his fellow Frenchmen know in the light of contemporary
accounts of cannibalism in the New World. The Gordon Collection
includes the published travel narratives of Jean
de Léry and André Thevet
that both include firsthand accounts of the New World cannibalism
that inspired Montaigne’s essay.
André Thevet chapter XL from
Gordon 1558 .T54 Singularitez de la
France Antarctique, autrement nommee Amerique, & de
plusieurs terres & isles decouvertes de nostre temps:
par F. Andr Thevet, natif d'Angoulesme.
Jean
de Léry chapter XV from
Gordon 1578 .L47 Histoire d'un voyage fait
en la terre du Bresil, autrement dite Amerique....
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