The article begins with the presentation of Theodore de Bry's (1528-1598) Great Voyages Collection, and, in the second part, analyzes its ethnographic scope and the application of Renaissance art theory used in the Americae Tertia Pars (1592) engravings of the Tupinambá indians.
Tupinambá; Theodore de Bry; engravings; Renaissance; Great Voyages; americae tertia pars; ethnography; classic canons