Marc’s Annotated Bibliography

  1. STOLLEY, KAREN. “The Legacy of Christopher Columbus in the Americas: New Nations and a Transatlantic Discourse of Empire.” Early American Literature, vol. 51, no. 3, Sept. 2016, pp. 741-746.
    Columbus was not on a colonial journey but rather a prophetic journey

  2. Bartosik-Vélez, Elise. “The Three Rhetorical Strategies of Christopher Columbus.” Colonial Latin American Review, vol. 11, no. 1, June 2002, pp. 33-46.
    Better understand Columbus if we understand his prophetic and apocalyptic traditions pg 33
    Ideology of reconquest of Jerusalem pg 34
    1st voyage was not of religious purpose pg 37

  3. Tinker, Tink and Mark Freeland. “Thief, Slave Trader, Murderer: Christopher Columbus and Caribbean Population Decline.” Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 23, no. 1, Spring2008, pp. 25-50.
    Genocide of the people of Hispanola
    Was going to make slaves out of the natives
    “All though they die now, they will not always die. The negroes and Canary Islanders died at first”


      4. “Extracts from the journal of Columbus.” Extracts from the journal of Columbus < Before 1600 < Documents < American                  History From Revolution To Reconstruction and beyond, www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/before-1600/extracts-from-the-              journal-of-columbus.php. Accessed 2 Oct. 2017.
            • Columbus first encounter and description of natives
            • Looking for gold, native’s king had gold
            • Met native cannibals and was deciding whether to stay or leave
            • Saw beautiful trees and new beasts and decided to explore more

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