HSTAA 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: John Cabot, Noble Savage, Samoset
25 Oct 2018
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European empires in the new world: new spain and new france, 1492 - Samoset story: english were late to america, north america was already part of an atlantic world . Columbus"s letter was widely reprinted among european elite a new discovery . Q2) natural resources have innate quality for development/use. Human resources have qualities in relation to european use (religion, labor) They"re not as bad as you would expect them". Opportunities for spain to deal with natives due to technological difference. General: selling discovery" telling europeans what they wanted to hear. 1498: amerigo vespucci explores coast of south america. 1500-1600: new spain 10 times larger than spain. Compare to: new england: rulers elected, new france: settlers resistant to french oversight. 1494: treaty of tordesillas (pope alexander vi drew line in 1493) Pope asserted ability to delegate non-christian land barbarous nations . Conquered 300k aztecs with a few hundred men. Many de bry images are constructions iconography for a european audience.
