ENG 250W Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Álvar Núñez Cabeza De Vaca, Thomas Harriot, Dog Meat
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Writing back to emperor, charles the 5th, in spain. Around this time spain controlled 13% of the available land mass at this time. Wasn"t a major figure in the voyage, but he survived which was key. Stranded and lost after being second in command in an expedition to conquer florida. Stranded for 8 years until he ended up in mexico then on a boat back to europe. Traveled along the very southern territory of us and into south america. Captures the wonder/newness and danger of early expeditions. At the mercy of the natives, learning about their culture. Writing a letter to the ruler to help the spanish empire conquer and. If you want someone to believe something new you have to understand what they did believe first. He also learned that tribes have different customs as they travel to different areas- pg 77. They have to learn about all of them in order to take over.
