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A 6 page research paper/essay that investigates how different historians view Columbus. After outlining traditional heroic view of Columbus, the writer cites David Stannard in arguing that this view of Columbus is ethnocentric and overlooks the viewpoint of Native Americans. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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yet aware that Hitler was planning genocide, but they was popularly known that Jews were being deprived of their property and rights and were being interned in concentration camps. This
treatment of Jews by Germany was tolerated and even regarded favorably in many circles due to rampant anti-Semitism. This historic reality raises the question as to whether or not there
is a similar instance in the history of the Western Hemisphere where racial bias justified genocide. The topic that immediately suggests itself it the treatment of Native Americans by European
invaders beginning with the voyages of Christopher Columbus. Western history paints Christopher Columbus as a hero. The popular myth is that Columbus went against the prevalent opinion that the
world was flat. In actuality, educated people were well-aware that the world was round, but this perception adds to the Columbus mythos. Columbus proposed that by sailing west he could
reach India and establish a faster, more efficient trade route to the East. The view of Columbus as hero is expressed well by historian Daniel Boorstin. In his text The
Discovers, Boorstin lavishly praises heroes of Western culture such as Columbus, Isaac Newton and Madame Curie in terms of how their actions advanced the knowledge base of their eras. In
doing so, Boorstin puts this within the context of the historical era. For example, he explains that fifteenth century sailors stayed close to coastlines because of the problems entailed with
locating where they were in terms of latitude and longitude, pointing out that it was more difficult "to determine longitude (east-west relations) than latitude (north-south relations-which helps understand why the
New World lay so long undiscovered" and also why it required courage on the part of Columbus to sail across the Atlantic.1 Nevertheless, Boorstin also points out that Columbuss concept
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