Spanish Explorers

Works Discussed:
* Christopher Columbus

* De Vaca

* De Las Casas

* Aristotle, Politics (handout)

Topics Discussed:

--Columbus:
* Conception of Native Americans and New World
* Views of European Culture
* Significance of Language: Naming
* Global Commerce

--De Las Casas

* Refutation of Ethnocentric Views

* Commodification of Native Americans

* Religious Hypocrisy

--De Vaca

* Observations on Native American Culture, Women and Tribal Life

* New World Identity

* Attitude Toward Christian's Treatment of Native Americans