HIST 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Secondary Source
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Columbus (1451-150b) readings, we only know about columbus"s logs because las casas took his diary & used some of. Week 4 - september 17 it in his own writings. Viewed as either the defender or protector of the indians. Prior to becoming a priest, he was involved in the conquest in the island of cuba: receives wealth by being on the winning side of conquering cuba. Motivation behind his writings: his boss is the king of spain, expects the king to put an end to this nonsense, his writings are horror after horror. Both of these readings are considered primary sources, also known as raw data . Then the interpretation & history written by someone else, that is a secondary source.
