tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post8583790076192174891..comments2024-03-13T08:16:23.560-07:00Comments on Indigenous Boats: My SwimBob Holtzmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05878339327766256094noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6466695305125791022.post-91051847946257009522009-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:002009-03-05T10:28:00.000-08:00Hi Bob, Are you familiar with a book called Africa...Hi Bob, Are you familiar with a book called Africans and Native Americans? Page 12 reads: To the south, along the Brazilian coast, the Portuguese and other Europeans also witnessed American navigation at sea. An Italian traveling with Magellan in 1519 noted that the Brazilians' boats were made from the trunk of a tree, and were so large that each boat held 30 to 40 men. In the 1550s Hans Staden noted that the dugout boats of the Santos-Rio de Janeiro area could hold up to 30 men, were four feet in width, with some being larger and some smaller. http://books.google.com/books?id=6aLAeB5QiHAC&pg=PA17&lpg=PA17&dq=native+brazilian+banana&source=bl&ots=A85CrYsYV7&sig=PdHQTVzONjB-PopkhJlZZSjanYY&hl=en&ei=MQqwSY74GIS6nQezyLHtBQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPP1,M1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com