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oct 25, 1603 - "Of Cannibals" by Michel de Montaigne

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(published in John Florio's 1603 translation of the Essais)

- described the ceremonies of the Tupinambá people in Brazil
- reported how the group ceremoniously ate bodies of their dead enemies as a matter of honour

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oct 25, 1603
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~ 422 years ago