I found this week’s subject matter very interesting. I’m a little familiar with the story of Columbus, his discovery, and the development of the New World, but the primary source readings provided some brand new perspectives I’d never been exposed to before, and the lecture definitely flipped some of my knowledge on its head. Though […]
Reading Questions What did you think of Columbus before you looked at his account? As a student from Australia, my knowledge of Columbus is limited, however, having learned about the fall of the Aztecs due to the efforts of the … Continue reading →
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Source: Todorov, Tzvetan. “Montezuma and Signs.” The Conquest of America, Harper & Row, 1984, pp. 63–97. Different accounts of the Spanish colonization of Latin America are explored in “The Conquest of America” by Tzvetan Todorov. The section “Montezuma and Signs”, focuses on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, showing how the Aztecs’ tendencies to rely …
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Source: Todorov, Tzvetan. “Montezuma and Signs.” The Conquest of America, Harper & Row, 1984, pp. 63–97. Different accounts of the Spanish colonization of Latin America are explored in “The Conquest of America” by Tzvetan Todorov. The section “Montezuma and Signs”, focuses on the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire, showing how the Aztecs’ tendencies to rely …
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The Meeting of the Two Worlds In the second week of the course, we discussed the Columbus’ discovery of the Americas, and how this interaction between the two different worlds led to the creation of the term ‘Latin America’. In … Continue reading →
