This week was a great further introduction to the course. The content covered Columbus stumbling upon Latin America and the interaction between the new and old world through various texts. I found it was interesting how Jon talked about 1494 AKA the “first discovery of Latin America” being a “mythical date”. In school, we learnedContinue reading “Week 2: The Meeting of two Worlds”
Behind the Scenes of LAST100, looking at the writing of history and Guamán Poma de Ayala
When I think about the Colonization I have always linked this word to Christopher Columbus and his “adventurous” journey to America; it clicks in my head just as if they were synonyms. Maybe, this was caused due to the way I learned (from elementary to high school) the history of the “first encounters”: always fromContinue reading “Week 2: The Division of 2 Worlds.”
The arrival of Columbus and his people to the Americas in 1492 and what it signifies for both Latin American and European history is an incredibly complex subject. It starts from the way that arrival is framed – is it a “discovery”, a “conquering”, an “invasion”? We tend to quickly classify it as one or […]
I’m a great fan of sea voyages and journey diaries, so Columbus log on his adventures was a true entertainment for me. Still, some small details puzzle me. Of course, I can try to figure out explanations why, but I … Continue reading →
Columbus’ journal and Guaman Poma’s chronicle are narratives of two separate historical events, yet they are essentially the same. Whether it’s Columbus exploring around Cuba, or the Spaniards taking over Peru, we see the encounter of two worlds, the invasion of a more civilized, more technologically and economically advanced, capitalistic world to a primitive and resources-abundant world. The […]
