Project Gutenberg 2015-12-06 Public domain in the USA. 76 Dobrizhoffer, Martin 1717 1791 Dobritzhofer, Martin An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay, (1 of 3) Produced by readbueno and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "An Account of the Abipones, an Equestrian People of Paraguay" by Martin Dobrizhoffer is a historical account written in the late 18th century. The book provides a detailed exploration of the Abipones, a tribe indigenous to Paraguay, and discusses their customs, social structure, and the interactions they had with Jesuit missionaries and the Spanish colonial system. Dobrizhoffer, a Jesuit missionary himself, draws on his experiences from his eighteen years of service in South America to present a vivid depiction of a culture that was largely unrecorded by contemporaneous European authors. At the start of the text, Dobrizhoffer introduces himself and his motivations for documenting the life and culture of the Abipones. He outlines the geographical significance of Paraguay, noting its various towns and the challenges posed by the surrounding savages and competing colonial powers. The opening sets the stage for a detailed account, highlighting the author's intention to provide a candid and faithful representation of the Abipones while emphasizing the misconceptions surrounding their society propagated by external observers. Dobrizhoffer's writing establishes a foundation for understanding the complex social dynamics and cultural richness of the Abipones, while also critiquing the narratives that shape historical perceptions of indigenous peoples. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Jesuits -- Missions Abipon Indians Paraguay -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800 F2661 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 649198 649201 2024-09-21T08:23:08.549084 2023-09-22T05:46:29.889025 text/html text/html 646103 2015-12-06T06:04:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 286640 2015-12-06T06:04:20 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 321730 2024-09-21T08:23:16.553061 application/epub+zip 324973 2024-09-21T08:23:09.693143 application/epub+zip 324973 2024-09-21T08:23:09.129061 application/epub+zip 563957 2024-09-21T08:23:22.707535 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492046 2024-09-21T08:23:15.947074 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 492152 2022-09-23T03:47:45.983037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 605441 605255 2024-09-21T08:23:07.915065 2023-09-22T05:46:29.248127 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 605661 2015-12-06T06:04:14 text/plain; charset=utf-8 225749 2015-12-06T06:04:20 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 18720 2024-09-21T08:23:22.847537 application/rdf+xml 15878 2024-09-21T08:23:09.211084 image/jpeg 2514 2024-09-21T08:23:09.169072 image/jpeg 288340 2024-09-21T08:23:08.605089 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog