HST 307 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: John Cabot, North American Beaver, Fair Use
5 Oct 2016
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Don"t see why there is a need to celebrate finding of indigenous. History is told through someone else"s eyes. Chinese sailed across the pacific (not impossible) Buddhist monks came to canada (because the religion is similar) They met indigenous ppl but got into trouble. May have found a new settlement in the south of newfoundland. Does not last very long (only stayed a few years) Mini iceage (therefore began to retreat back home) Willing to die and kill in name of god. Enables people to be ranked based on religion and race (not even human) Technology made it possible to look for new lands. If you challenged, it would be punishable to death. Gun powder from asia = more powerful weapons. Able to raise ships to buy goods. End of 1400s sailing all the way to india and south america. Hits dominican republic (called them indians, thought he was in india)
