HIST205 Lecture 3: European Exploration Lecture
16 Mar 2017
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Notes: age of exploration (1492 1600) . Early voices of protest concerning european treatment indigenous. Antonio de sol s official historian to king charles ii spain: book-historia de la conquista de m xico (1724) honored cortez & spanish conquest (conquest paintings). A celebration of european imperialism & columbus 1893 columbian. Late 19th & early 20th century portrayals of columbus: columbus national consciousness of america and europe; columbus day in. Charles goodrich"s history of the united states & william grimshaw"s. 1821 textbook portrayed him as virtuous, persistent, & intelligent (schools & colleges praised): w. l. Alden"s 1881 biography: flaws but described hero; public opinion columbus positive until mid - 20th. Recent terminology concerning history of european & native american. Contact: since 1990s, replaced word discovery w/ encounter , encounter two- way term viewpoints & contributions of europeans & amerinds, term otherness used recent books shows europeans" belief superiority civilization.
