The Eight Travels of Gustavo Piqueira: displacement in time and space

Abstract

Emphasizing discrepancies and consequences to target readers of that time and future generations, the author discusses the impact of the histories inside the box Oito Viagens ao Brasil, produced by Gustavo Piqueira. In this work, different authors record their versions/interpretations/projections regarding the travelling done on the conquest of the New World, and the Old World’s interests in the American civilizations. Additionally, the author connects those registers with other works present in the context of the history of discoveries, like Hans Staden and Rabelais’ works. The author highlights the graphic and editorial aspects in Piqueira’s box and the registers in it.