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This 5 page report discusses the journal entries of Christopher Columbus from September and October of 1492. Through using this primary source, it is possible to see the opinions and assumptions made about an indigenous culture by a European "discoverer." Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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the people he encountered in the "New World" should consider is that, as an 15th century explorer, adventurer, and seaman is that his thinking and his way of expressing himself
is completely rooted in his understanding of the superiority of European culture, knowledge, and religion. Modern encyclopedic references typically describe him as "vain, ambitious, greedy, and ruthless" (The Columbia Encyclopedia,
6th ed.) and explain that the most traditional of historical viewpoints credit him with having opened the New World to Western civilization and Christianity. However, revisionist historians understand his "discovery"
to have been one predicated on the passion of European nations to outdo one another in terms of conquest and colonization. This can certainly be seen in his journal entries
regarding the land and people he "discovered." In His Own Words The student working on this project will find that one of the great advantages of using primary
sources for research is that it is possible to gain a greater sense of what a historical figure actually saw and felt. Far too often, historical facts have been manipulated
in order to make a better story or better serve the intent of the historian. MacLeod (1998) points out that: "Writers of history select, describe, and explain historical evidence --
and thereby interpret" (p. 26). The end result is that, as MacLeod also notes: ". . . the losers version of the war never match the winners" (p. 26). The
entries in his journal demonstrate that Columbus understood the magnitude of his journey and the need to document virtually every aspect of it. In many of the entries, the 21st
century reader is able to gain a sense that he never doubted that he would find prove his notion that it was possible to sail west in order to reach
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