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It was interesting to read through Columbus’ journal entries and see his point of view on his expeditions. One interesting point of focus is his opinion of the natives.  Columbus essentially enslaved and abducted natives for his cause – it’s rather disturbing how he writes in his entries as if he’s doing the right thing […] read full post >>

It was interesting to read through Columbus’ journal entries and see his point of view on his expeditions. One interesting point of focus is his opinion of the natives.  Columbus essentially enslaved and abducted natives for his cause – it’s rather disturbing how he writes in his entries as if he’s doing the right thing […] read full post >>

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Reading   Before I even started reading this text, I had a feeling that it would be both dense and hard to follow through. The latter was true, but not because of its density, in terms of the use of antique language, but because of the actual content within the journals. Truly, the reading is hard to go through because it allows you to see the mentality that Christopher Columbus had towards the natives, and how he saw himself and his goals in that land. This mentality he and his...read more read full post >>

Reading through Christopher’s entries, how the world looked like to him, his point of view on the natives, it was shocking to read through. I’ve always known a brief history of what had happened after he arrived, his diary entries bring a clear idea to how bias and Christopher Columbus was. Upon arrival as the […] read full post >>

It depresses me to read Christopher Columbus’ journals. These journals demonstrate a true sense of entitlement coming from Columbus and his crew, and it’s this entitlement that begins a violent era of colonization. Columbus’ journal’s express a true lack of empathy towards a group of people who possessed a culture, physical appearance and language, different […] read full post >>

In The Voyage of Christopher Colombus, Colombus shares his story on that he was ordered by the King and Queen of Spain to travel to the lands of India where he shall convert the people within those islands to Christians, and also teach them the Spanish language.  After a long journey by boat, Colombus finally … Continue reading → read full post >>

To be very honest, the first few pages I find extremely boring as it kept on repeating itself, I did not have much will to continue reading when I realized the next couple pages were still exactly the same… However it did get more interesting when it got to the point where they found the… read full post >>

After reading Chapter 1 of Alex Dawson’s Latin America since Independence, he talks a lot about bias and stereotypes about Latin America. The discussion question I came up with for this section was: What are our own bias and assumptions about Latin America, in regards to a) gender? b) politics? c) culture? d) religion? It […] read full post >>

After reading The Voyage of Christopher Columbus, I have been left with nothing more than mixed feelings. I really share his thoughts on how America could be a paradise, even today we can see how amazing the landscapes are, and how much richness there is in its soil. The way he describes all the islands […] read full post >>