ENGL 3170 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Spanish Requirement Of 1513, Hans Lippershey, Utopia
29 Mar 2017
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Early modern period is where we get the notion of a telescope taking something distant and making seem closer than it is. Place humans at center of seeing and interpreting. Earliest known working telescope happened around 1608. Developed first prototype that galileo manipulated and made better later. How metaphor of seeing things closer works in relation to discovery narratives: glasses. Emerge in italy in 13/14c especially for correcting long-sightedness. Struggle to help ppl improve their eye sight. 13c imagining what is means to play with perception. Developing actual model that allows this: microscopes. Make small things appear bigger what can"t see with naked eye. First person to see these things, accessing unknown knowledge. Requerimento 1510: declaration by the spanish monarchy, pronouncement to be read by spanish conquerors to defeated indians, spanish concerned with extracting wealth. Moral dilemma: the requirement became legal tool to justify violent acts, written by a jurist.
