As someone who couldn’t remember much background knowledge about Columbus, reading his journal was fascinating. It was interesting to see how ingrained the colonial mindset was to him. Everything was for the servitude of the King and Queen. Seeing how Columbus essentially conditioned the islanders into admiring him and his men felt sleazy to read, […]
In this blog post I will be reflecting on the week two lecture video and the journal of Christopher Columbus. The lecture video posed to questions that I will answer and elaborate on in this reflection: What impression did you have of Columbus before you looked at his account? How did your thoughts change afterContinue reading “Week Two: The Meeting of Two Worlds”
After having watched “The Meeting of Two Worlds”, I began to scour the internet for some reasons for and against Columbus’ exploration as I was quite perplexed by the two questions posed in the middle of the lecture, the first one being “what impressions did you have of Columbus before you looked at his account?”.Continue reading “week 2: the meeting of two worlds”
Watching Professor Jon’s lecture on the “discovery/conquest” of Latin America in 1492 by Christopher Columbus immediately reminded me of the…
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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. […]
While tedious at times, Columbus’ personal journal did offer a lot of interesting things to think about, and showed much about the kind of person that he was. I was confused throughout much of it. First, by the fact that he constantly lied to his crew about the distance they’d traveled, then by the way […]
Question for the week:Do you think the colonization movement was empathetic? Is it reasonable to demand empathy from them?In this week’s readings and videos, I revisit a topic I have studied all my life: Cristopher Columbus and his discovery of America…
Question for the week:Do you think the colonization movement was empathetic? Is it reasonable to demand empathy from them?In this week’s readings and videos, I revisit a topic I have studied all my life: Cristopher Columbus and his discovery of America…
