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  • 1 - Indigenous Worlds on the Amazon River and the Origins of the European Sphere in the Sixteenth Century

  • Mark Harris, Monash University, Victoria
  • Book:
    The Making of Brazilian Amazonian Societies
    Published online:
    14 November 2025
    Print publication:
    20 November 2025, pp 37-66

  • Summary

    Chapter 1 explores the riverine environment and Indigenous societies using four Spanish accounts. Here, there is ample evidence of the complex, large-scale societies mentioned earlier in the Introduction, characterized by exchange, alliances, and intergroup hostilities into which Europeans integrated themselves. Taken as a whole, these accounts demonstrate that Amerindians were not passive; rather, they dominated and directed interactions with Europeans. These interactions included the cross-fertilization of ideas, skills, and material culture, as well as invitations to form alliances and kinship ties, which became significant in shaping a new riverine society.