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This Week’s Blog post discusses the myth surrounding Christopher Columbus’ discovery of Latin America in 1492 based on excerpts from his journal.  After having read his account and watched the accompanied lecture I was mostly interested in the argument that Columbus supposedly has had different expectations about his new discovery and that he might haveContinue reading "Week Two: The Meeting of Two Worlds" read full post >>

Hello everyone and welcome back to another post! I hope all of you are surviving the week, having fun, working out (come on… you know you have to do it), going out… Anyway, enough talking! For this week’s post, I would like to draw your attention on several points which I found quite interesting butContinue reading "You said Casta Paintings?" read full post >>

This week’s readings were about the ‘discovery’ of America by Christopher Columbus and also about the history of Peru and its government. The main comments that I have are from Christopher Columbus’ journal. The first impression of the journal is that Columbus believes that he is going to India to try and spread religion and […] read full post >>

I watched a couple of videos on the same topic in order to try and compare the different styles and also the content. The topic for the videos were ‘The Meeting of Two Worlds’. In the first video I watched by Sophie Chevalier, Michelle Marin, Elena Munk, and Christiana Tse. It was a clear and […] read full post >>

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Out of all of the points covered in the lecture video this week, the topic I found most interesting was the question concerning whether or not Christopher Columbus should be considered a villain or a hero when comparing his exploratory feats to that of the events that resulted from them. Much of what I have …

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I found the approach to this week’s topic very intriguing, to refer to the date of 1492 as a mythic story. From what I was taught as a young child in school, Columbus was always portrayed as a hero to America. I was not given the whole story, just the best image of his discovery. […] read full post >>

Hello everyone and welcome to the first entry for my Latin American Studies-Blog! Before I begin to tackle task one of the course I’d like to briefly introduce myself to you. My name is Linda and I am 21 years old an I am originally from a very small Island in Germany called Sylt. WhenContinue reading "Week 1" read full post >>

For this week’s edition of my blog, I will be commenting on a video made by my LAST 100 professor, Jon Beasley-Murray, called “The Meeting of Two Worlds #LAST100 wk 2”. After watching the video, I was left with many questions and reflections. Many of them, however, concerned the future of Latin America’s landscape as […] read full post >>

Response to lecture: I had always been told the story of Columbus as a man responsible for many evils. It seems as though the way he was discussed was a combination of many people (Like crew members and other Spaniards). 2. I don’t think he is a better man, but when compared to other men […] read full post >>