The 1562 Map: Detail Cannibals

Aspects of native cultures are represented in several places on the map.  What are the figures doing in the first detail?  Who is the figure in the elaborate headdress?  What does the scene in the second detail suggest?  What did the image of Native Americans as cannibals communicate to Europeans about how they could understand this new world?

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