WYPRAWA JEANA DE LÉRY DO BRAZYLII (1557) – REALIZACJA MARZEŃ CZY PODRÓŻ STRACONYCH NADZIEI?
The Expediton of Jean de Léry to the Land of Brazil (1557) – the Realization of Dreams or the Voyage of Lost Hopes?

Author(s): Dorota Szeliga
Subject(s): Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Studies of Literature, French Literature, Philology, Theory of Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Jean de Lery; Brazil; Nicolas Durand de Villegagnon; sea voyage; Indians; cannibals
Summary/Abstract: In 1578, twenty years after his return from an expedition to Antarctic America, Jean de Léry published his History of a Voyage to the Land of Brazil, Also Called America. A group of Protestants from Geneva had been invited by Villegagnon, Knight of Malta to Fort Coligny in Guanabara Bay. This article is an attempt to analyze the causes that led to the failure of the French colony in Brazil. The religious conflicts that occurred on the spot, transferred from France, show how complicated the spiritual life was at the time.

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