Historical Image of the Day

"A Broth is Made from the Intestines," from Theodore de Bry's copper engravings to go along with J. de Léry's Le Voyage au Brézil de Jean de Léry, 1556-1558, published in 1578. This is part of a series of engravings demonstrating the supposedly cannibalistic practices of the Tupi Indians.

The whole series is here.